★ SAA Artists of the Year — all three entries shortlisted

Original Oil Paintings of the Yorkshire Dales

I'm Jonathan Smith — a self-taught landscape painter, born and bred in Yorkshire. I paint the Dales, moors and coast in oils, chasing the light that makes a place feel like home.

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When a break of light, a motif or a scene captures my attention, it becomes art — and it is my role to bring that into existence through paint, without embellishment, to convey my love to the viewer.

Jonathan Smith — Artist's Statement

Original Paintings

Paintings for Sale

Each piece is a one-off original oil, painted from the landscape of the Yorkshire Dales and Moors. Prints are available for many of these too — just ask.

✓ Original one-off oils ✓ Ready to hang ✓ Prints & commissions available ✓ From Otley, West Yorkshire

The Sandbeds, Otley

Oil on canvas · 80 × 60 cm

Original£800

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Barden Tower

Original£500

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Jonathan Smith, landscape artist, in his studio

The Artist

Meet Jonathan

I'm a self-taught artist, born and bred in Yorkshire, and I've spent years learning to paint the county I love. I work mainly in oils, out in the landscape and back in the studio in Otley, trying to catch the particular light of the Dales — a misty ghyll, frost on a track, the last sun on an old abbey.

I believe true landscape painting is born out of love, but I also believe in its craft and science — and my work is a constant balance of the two. In 2026 all three of my entries were shortlisted in the SAA Artists of the Year, which meant a great deal.

Jonathan Smith

OilsMy chosen medium

YorkshireBorn, bred & based in Otley

SAA ★★★Three works shortlisted

Commissions

A Place That Means Something to You

A favourite view, a family walk, the fields you grew up beside — I take commissions of the places that matter to people, painted in the same honest, unembellished way as my own work.

We talk through the scene, size and framing
I work from your photos or visit the location where I can
You see progress before it's finished — no surprises

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Prints

Fine-Art Prints

Love a painting that's already found a home? Many of my originals are available as high-quality fine-art prints — a way to own a Yorkshire scene at a gentler price.

Giclée prints on quality art paper
A range of sizes to suit your wall
Just ask which paintings are available as prints

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Get in Touch

Interested in a Painting?

Whether you'd like to buy an original, ask about prints, or talk through a commission — I'd love to hear from you. Drop me a message and I'll get straight back to you.

jwdsmithart@mail.co.ukEmail me directly 07796 844537Call or WhatsApp Jwdsmith ArtFollow on Facebook

Otley, West YorkshireStudio in the Wharfe valley · LS21 2AB