Jonas’s work is defined by its folk art sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.
Man with a Pen
Jonas Welch Holman American, 1805–1873
Woman with a Book
Afterglow
Jonas Lie (American, 1880–1940)
The Abundance of Egypt
William Holman Hunt English, 1827-1910
Iron Worker, Chicago
Jonas Dovydenas American, born Lithuania, 1939-2025
William W. Welch
Sheldon Peck American, 1797–1868
My Beautiful Lady (top); Of My Lady in Death (bottom), frontispiece to The Germ, No. 1
Phebe Russell Swain Welch
The Shadow of Death
Frederick Stacpoole (English, 1813-1907) after William Holman Hunt (English, 1827-1910)
Evel Knievel, Chicago International Amphitheatre
Cook County Jail, Chicago
William Holman Hunt
Julia Margaret Cameron English, 1815–1879
Old Timers, Elko, Nevada
The Day in the Country
Three Men Struggling in an Interior
Jonas Suyderhoef (Dutch, c. 1613-1686) after Gerard ter Borch, the younger (Dutch, 1617-1681)
St. Patrick's Day Parade, State Street, Chicago
Ted James and Stan Ceresola, Wadsworth, Nevada
Father's Leave-Taking
St. Patrick's Day parade, Chicago.