Jonathan Walker was born in 1966 and raised near the market town of Leek in the heart of the Staffordshire Moorlands England. He spent much of his childhood exploring the countryside in the company of his father. 
He moved to Devon in 1991 where he now lives with his wife Frances and sons Laurie Henry. The inspiration of Dartmoor and the countryside around Exeter has given new impetus to his interest in depicting the badgers, foxes and voles that his naturalist’s eye observes everywhere. His animals are always rooted in the soil, as much a part of the landscape as the sky and the trees. His rare ability to give to each of them their unique characteristics and personas, while dressing them up in old cast off human garments never robs them of their intrinsic “animalness”.

Although rooted in the heritage of English illustration it is Jonathan’s unerring draughtsmanship and his humour that nevertheless makes his work unmistakably contemporary. His pallet, because it is always true to the siennas and ochres of the real landscape, may at first appear muted. His characters, however, are of the mould and grime of the soil, unsentimental and honest. Equestrian International is proud to offer such fine examples of Johnathan's work.