Jonathan Hooper is a painter who depicts the residential architecture of suburban Leeds, specifically the north-west areas including Headingley, Hyde Park, Burley, Kirkstall and Meanwood. His work captures everyday scenes, highlighting the beauty and individuality of built landscapes in his immediate surroundings. He specifically focuses on houses because of their connection to the human: partly through the emotional associations of “home” and also the human scale of the buildings including: their arrangement corresponds to a human face or body; how their outside surfaces reveal their histories and inner lives; and the way their layout is rooted deeply in our memory.

He uses limited colour palettes for each series, that are chosen to create an emotional atmosphere that mirrors the character of the subject rather than imitating its visual appearance.

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