I am Jonathan McVeigh and I am 23 years old. I live an hour north of Dublin, in a town called Drogheda. I finished school in 2001 aged 18. After school, I had time on my side, and so I chose to reacquaint myself with art, having simply become uninterested in it over the passed few years. I didnt really draw all that much, and as I cant paint to save my life, didnt produce much in that respect either.

I did however turn to graphics and computer-based artwork. 80% of the graphic work currently available on JontieArt.com was produced back then. The very first graphic picture I did was appalling.I cant remember exactly what it was of, but I do remember being ashamed of it.Thankfully, all my earliest efforts have all perished, because the computer I did them on crashed.

Anyway, I got me a new one shortly after and all the graphic work you see on Jontieart was done on it. Ive got a sweet spot for that little baby. My graphic work isnt of course 100% computer, its infact a combination of many different media. I scanned in and used photographs,drawings, paintings and so on. There are few different methods and effects in there too of course, but these are my little secrets.One or two of my graphic images only include about 10% computer based input but because they do, they went in the graphics gallery regardless.

However, after a while, I simply lost enthusiasm and let all this work disappear. I lost one picture after another, until one day I realised I didnt know where any of them were. Anyway time passed and I had forgotten all about them, until one lucky little day I found most of them in my attic. Some of them were on a battered old re-writable CD, others were simply print-outs but they were in very bad shape, so I had to scan them in and restore them.

Unfortunately, some of my favourites are still missing. Last year I got a camera. Photography seems so straight foward compaired to computer stuff, well naturally all you do is point and click really. The only problem is that so far, Ive only been in two places that can give you an interesting picture, London and Barcelona. Over the next couple of years, Im planning foreign trips to South America and Japan, to branch out a bit and get some interesting pictures.

Besides doing pictures, I used to be a massive film buff and when I was 11, had a go at making a movie of my own. I cast all my friends to play characters that hadnt even got names. It had no plot, no script and generally no meaning at all. We got all our toy guns and just let the camera roll. It was crap. The only things I got out of the experience was to plan things, or not to do it again. One of my friends even got cut with some barbed wire that was lying on the ground. I wanted to leave it in, but he started crying.

The aim of Jontieart is quite simple. To display and offer my work to you. Hopefully, with your support, Jontieart will flourish into a more dynamic operation, accounting for a dramatic increase in orders, sales, offers and more.


Through Jontieart, I wish to receive your feedback and opinions on my work, weather you choose to buy or simply use my guest book to post your views. Jontieart was conceived in September 2005. Originally a small project to sell off old art work that was going to waste. The idea quickly gained momentum, snow-balling into what you see before you.


Despite designing everything myself, the site was infact constructed by my friend Stephen Kiernan. Without his aid, you wouldnt be reading this so I owe him a lot. Now, to coincide with the launch of Jontieart, I have started experimenting in many different media, from animation, painting, drawing to sculpture and model making. By regularly visiting Jontieart, you will be kept up to date with whats happening behind the scenes, with regular updates on my new work and projects.


Now to be honest with you, I didnt really take part in this. Over the month, I must have showed up about 5 times. What I did was use the opportunity to display my own work. I did 4 pieces, based on two characters I made up, a boy called Ampi and a girl called Oho.(above) Two of the pieces were 6 foot cut outs of the characters. The other two were framed pieces, comprised of over 300 individual miniature cut outs of each character.


For nostalgia sake ,these pieces arent for sale, nevertheless it was a very interesting experience and Id like to thank Tony Connaghey from the Droichead Arts Center for the opportunity.