About Us

Welcome to Jon Young Art Trade
Think global; Holiday local
Inside you will find my original, colourful and contemporary prints, posters and cards.  This is a new venture, aiming to provide something different.  I want to celebrate our coast & country: sharing the beauty of where we live and holiday, here in the UK. It is an amazingly beautiful country. Our countryside is a patchwork of fields and farmland, streams and valleys, hills and mountains. We have some of the most picturesque and sublime coastline, lakes and lochs in the world. It is simply wonderful, yet so often overlooked in favour of foreign, sunnier destinations. Hopefully, these images might shine a light a little closer to home. They are not necessarily classic views, but more the everyday scenes that people experience...seen through my eyes. Drawing on inspiration from our Golden Age of Travel, Scottish colourists, and early 20th century magazine illustrations, these images offer a contemporary take on our coast and country. The artwork is from my original acrylic paintings, pen and ink drawings, and photo-based screens. Having travelled the world, I have come to appreciate beauty in the places we live, and holiday at home. Best of all…I get to share it with you, and you get to pass it on too: spread a little happiness…
“Have nothing in your house that you do not believe to be either useful or beautiful”
William Morris
I try to do my bit for the planet: buying locally and using recycled or sustainable materials where possible. Prints and posters are printed on recycled acid free card and come in a biodegradable cellulose-based clear cover, with a recycled card backing. They use water-based ink too. Production mileage and carbon footprint are kept low. Keeping production local reduces the mileage and shares the business locally too. That seems to work pretty well all round.  It is work in progress. Suggestions always welcome.
We live in a wonderful part of the country in rural Shropshire. The Granary is an old set of cowsheds and barns that we have converted. Cathy has created a lovely range of gardens, which provide the perfect partnership to my paintings and gallery. So a few weekends over the year we open them up to share them, and raise money for the British Heart Foundation too.
Maybe you could be the one to spread the word in your town.
Thanks for looking
Jon