The Art of Stillness

Light-filled paintings and prints

evoking the beauty of the natural world.

A calm, elegant room with a fireplace and built-in shelves, featuring paintings by artist Nicholas Jones, including “In Bright Water” and “A Deeper Meeting”. Art books, framed miniatures, and soft light create a sense of quiet stillness.

As a painter and printmaker, I aim to evoke the fragile beauty of the natural world. These images invite contemplation, revealing their secrets slowly. May they offer you moments of inner stillness and help you see the world’s wonder with fresh eyes.

The Cherry Kearton Medal and Award received by Nicholas Jones, displayed in its green velvet case and held in his hand.

Awards

Royal Geographical Society Medal & Award

In 2022 Nicholas Jones was presented with the Royal Geographical Society's Cherry Kearton Medal & Award for his ability 'capture the uncapturable - the ever-changing play of light on landscape'.

Fine Art Prints of Nicholas Jones’ Abstract Landscape Paintings

Golden-toned abstract landscape suggesting a distant rainbow over hills and trees.

Rain's Peculiar Grace

From £135.00

Abstract landscape print capturing the lightness and clarity of bright spring days.

The Water Meadow

From £135.00

Abstract landscape print evoking a fleeting encounter with light and stillness in the natural world.

Until It Goes Again

From £105.00

Abstract landscape evoking a still, silent world where land, water, and sky merge in soft light.

The Face of the Waters

From £135.00

Quiet, golden-toned abstract landscape bathed in pale yellows and warm browns, hinting at a setting sun.

Beyond the Wood

From £135.00

A serene abstract landscape print suggesting quiet beauty of trees reflected in water.

Beyond the Surface

From £135.00

Abstract landscape evoking the gentle beauty of bright, misty summer days.

Signs of Grace

From £135.00

Abstract landscape evoking the mystery of twilight realms and luminous watery worlds.

The Unfathomable Blue

From £135.00

Abstract landscape evoking the stillness of open moorland at day’s end.

The Purest Place

From £105.00

Abstract landscape evoking a tranquil watery world bathed in soft, luminous light.

Ripple

From £105.00

Abstract landscape evoking the movement and mood of wind and sea.

The Bright Wind

From £135.00

Abstract landscape print evoking an inviting world of shallow marshes, mosses, grasses, and reflected light.

As the Waters Settle

From £135.00

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An Art Critic’s View on the paintings of Nicholas JOnes

"Nicholas Jones is among those who believe that it is still possible to say something meaningful and exciting by applying paint to canvas. Braver still, he chooses to work within the long tradition of landscape painting that has flourished with particular vigour in this country. There is within [his landscapes] the same identification with the spirit of place that permeates the great line of English landscapists, from the Norfolk School through Turner and Samuel Palmer to Paul Nash and the neo-Romantics led by Graham Sutherland, and some members of the St Ives school, notably Peter Lanyon."

Roger Berthoud

Journalist and author of acclaimed biographies of Graham Sutherland and Henry Moore

Fine Art Prints of Nicholas Jones’ Arctic Paintings

Arctic-inspired painting of a lunar halo casting cold light on snow-covered landscape.

A Cold Beauty – Lunar Halo

From £135.00

Serene Arctic iceberg, illuminated against a deep blue sea.

An Austere Beauty

From £135.00

Northern Lights dancing above a forest clearing in a dramatic Arctic night sky.

Aurora Borealis Over Higher Ground

From £135.00

Painting of a solitary iceberg floating serenely in a sparkling Arctic sea.

Blue Berg, Bright Sea

From £105.00

A soft, ethereal fog bow arcs above inky black melt pools on Arctic sea ice.

Fog Bow and Meltpools

From £135.00

Two icebergs float serenely in a deep blue Arctic sea, bathed in the golden light of a setting sun.

Icebergs and Moon

From £135.00

Luminous print of the Northern Lights, evoking the slow, solemn dance of the aurora over a snow-covered lake and hills.

Aurora Borealis Over Torasieppi

From £135.00

A remote, ice-covered Arctic coastline bathed in the vibrant glow of a pre-dawn sky.

Arctic Dawn

From £105.00

A delicate auroral curtain shimmers above dark trees and a snow-covered Arctic landscape.

Northern Lights Over Nellim, Finland

From £105.00

Snow-covered Arctic mountains rise in crisp, luminous light, their shapes mirrored in still water.

Greenlandic Dawn

From £105.00

A vast frozen expanse of water patterned with pressure cracks stretches toward the horizon as dawn breaks.

Ice and Air

From £135.00

Towering snow-covered cliffs of Baffin Island rise from the dark waters of Sunshine Fjord.

Dawn, Sunneshine Fjord

From £135.00

Nicholas Jones

Nicholas Jones was born in Bristol in 1965 and studied Fine Art in the city. His luminous paintings and prints explore light, landscape, and abstraction, offering a sense of stillness and quiet contemplation.

Initially inspired by the British countryside, Nick’s work evolved after visits to the Arctic, where the vastness, silence, and mesmerising light of the region profoundly influenced his artistic vision. In 2018, he was appointed Arctic Artist in Residence with the Scott Polar Research Institute, and his subsequent paintings earned him the Royal Geographical Society’s Cherry Kearton Medal.

Nick’s art provides a refuge from the relentless noise of modern life, inviting viewers into a space of quiet beauty. He has been represented by the Crane Kalman Gallery in London for over thirty years and works from his studio near Bristol.