Location: United States
Born in Michigan, the son of a civil engineer, Jonathan Franklin spent much of his childhood in Vietnam, Bangladesh, and Indonesia. After studying art at the University of Michigan, he moved to Israel where he lived on a kibbutz and began painting and working as printmaker. During that period he also served in the Israeli Army.
Jonathan has been a visual artist for over 30 years. He is also a teaching artist and conducts art residencies in public schools throughout Chicago.
I am a visual artist and concentrate mainly on painting and works on paper. The figure is central to my work not as an end in itself but as a point of departure.
Oil on canvas
Oil on canvas
Oil on canvas
Oil on canvas
“Fantasy”
“Cross Roads”
“Imposters”
“Makers”
“Wired”
“Known Man”
“Air Heads”
“Street Man”
