Commissions
I am available for commissions, however please do not ask me to paint a copy from your photograph. I reserve the right to refuse commissions.
Currently
I am showing my paintings in the Jennifer English Gallery at the Barrington Public Library through October. The gallery is located on the second floor. If you go, be sure to go around the corner beyond the Jennifer English Gallery to the Collis Family Gallery where I have four additional paintings hanging.
Selected Exhibitions & Résumé
2023:
My "Matthew Perry Monument" painting was accepted for entry and received the Second Place Award in the "Celebrate Spring" exhibit at the Spring Bull Gallery, Newport, RI.
I was the Featured Guest Artist at the Artists' Cooperative Gallery of Westerly in February, 2023.
2022:
"Best of Three" at the Providence Art Club, May 31 - June 17, 2022
Red Hot, juried show, Spring Bull Gallery, entry accepted.
2021:
"Patterns, Shapes, and Lines" juried show, Spring Bull Gallery, Newport, RI, Third Prize.
"Jonathan Small - Catching the Light" solo exhibition at the True Grit Art Gallery, Middlboro, MA, May 22 - June 19. Here is a video put together by the True Grit Art Gallery about my show: https://youtu.be/HMnHy-YUwi0
2019:
Fall Members' Show, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI. Edward Mitchell Bannister First Place Award.
All Hands On Deck, juried show, Spring Bull Gallery, Newport, RI. Two paintings accepted.
New Beginnings, invitational group show, Spring Bull Gallery, Newport, RI.
Trees Trees Trees, invitational show, #LOCAL Gallery, Easthampton, MA.
Newport Art Association Annual Members' Exhibition, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI.
2018:
Guild of Boston Artists, Annual Regional Juried Exhibition.
Cuttyhunk Plein Air, Gosnold, MA. Third Prize.
Newport Art Association Annual Members' Exhibition, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI.
2017:
Big & Small Show, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI. Best Big Piece Award.
Boats, Surf, and Beaches, Juried Art League of Rhode Island exhibition, VETS Gallery, Providence, RI. First Prize and an Honorable Mention.
2016:
Little Pictures Show, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI.
Arts on the Farm, Coggeshall Farm, Bristol, RI. Best in Show Award.
Pawtucket Foundation Prize Exhibition, Pawtucket Arts Collaborative, Pawtucket, RI. Jurors: Nancy Whipple Grinnell (Curator Newport Art Museum) and Catherine Little Bert (owner Bert Gallery, Providence).
All things Newport County, Spring Bull Gallery, Newport, RI, Juried Show.
Timber!, Portsmouth Arts Guild, Portsmouth, RI.
Non-Juried Members' Exhibition, Portsmouth Arts Guild, Portsmouth, RI. People's Choice Award.
Greenspace, Juried Exhibition, T.F. Green Airport, Warwick, RI.
Newport Art Association Annual Members' Exhibition, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI.
2015:
Little Pictures Show, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI.
A Sense of Light, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI. Invitational Exhibition.
Common Elements, Middletown, RI. Invitational Exhibition.
Juried Members' Exhibition, Portsmouth Arts Guild, Portsmouth, RI. Second Place Award.
2014:
Little Pictures Show, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI.
Artists for the Bay, Save The Bay, Providence, RI.
16″ x 16″ Members’ Exhibition, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI.
Nationwide All Media Open Juried Exhibition, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI.
Members' Exhibition, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI.
Newport Art Association Annual Members' Exhibition, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI.
New Year : New Members, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI.
2013:
Little Pictures Show, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI.
Artists for the Bay, Save The Bay, Providence, RI.
Small Works Show, DeBlois Gallery, Middletown, RI.
Annual Members' Juried Show, Portsmouth Arts Guild, Portsmouth, RI, Second Place Award.
Imagine Green, Portsmouth Arts Guild, Portsmouth, RI, Honorable Mention.
Newport Art Association Annual Members' Exhibition, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI.
Town & Country, Portsmouth Arts Guild, Portsmouth, RI, Second Place Award.
2012:
Save The Bay Art Show, Invitational Exhibition, Save The Bay Center, Providence, RI.
Annual Members' Juried Show, Portsmouth Arts Guild, Portsmouth, RI, Honorable Mention.
Pure Fantasy, Juried Show, Portsmouth Arts Guild, Portsmouth , RI. First Place Award.
Imagine Blue, Juried Show, Portsmouth Arts Guild, Portsmouth , RI.
Annual Members' Non-Juried Show, Portsmouth Arts Guild, Portsmouth, RI. First Place Peoples' Choice Award.
Newport Art Association Annual Members' Exhibition, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI.
2011:
Annual Juried Members' Show, Portsmouth Arts Guild, Portsmouth, RI. Second Place Award.
Black and White, Juried Show, Portsmouth Arts Guild, Portsmouth, RI.
Recent Works, Jonathan Small, Felicia Touhey, Kathy Armor, DeBlois Gallery, Newport, RI.
DeBlois 27th Anniversary Members' Show, DeBlois Gallery, Newport, RI.
Imagine Purple, Juried Show, Portsmouth Arts Guild, Portsmouth, RI.
Step Forward, Invitational Show, Judith Klein Gallery, New Bedford, MA.
Six Artists Celebrating Rhode Island Independence, Invitational Show, McGrath Judicial Complex, Wakefield, RI.
Freedom of Expression, Invitational Show, Bristol Art Gallery, Bristol, RI.
2010:
Annual Juried Members' Show, Portsmouth Arts Guild, Portsmouth, RI. First Place People's Choice Award.
Artists For Save The Bay, Juried Invitational Show, Save The Bay Center, Providence, RI.
Taste This, Juried Show, Portsmouth Arts Guild, Portsmouth, RI.
I Got Rhythm, Juried Show, Portsmouth Arts Guild, Portsmouth, RI, Honorable Mention.
Off the Wall, Juried Show, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA. Juried by Jen Mergel, Senior Curator of Contemporary Art at the MFA, Boston, and Helen Molesworth, Chief Curator of the ICA, Boston.
Beyond the Lens, Juried Show, Portsmouth Arts Guild, Portsmouth, RI, Third Place Award.
Imagine Red, Juried Show, Portsmouth Arts Guild, Portsmouth, RI.
Newport Annual Members' Juried Exhibition, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI.
Portsmouth Arts Guild Comes to Newport, Invitational Show, Spring Bull Gallery, Newport, RI.
Annual Members' All-Media Exhibition, Portsmouth Arts Guild, Portsmouth, RI, First Place People's Choice Award.
2009:
Travel Learning Exhibition, Invitational Show, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA.
Itty Bitty Pictures & Artists Invitational, Invitational Show, Deblois Gallery, Newport, RI.
Mums, Mummies, & All Things Fall, Juried Show, Isherwood Gallery, Newport, RI.
Juried Members' Show, Portsmouth Arts Guild, Portsmouth, RI.
Wet Paint 2009, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI, Top Five Selling Artist.
Artists for Save the Bay - 2009, Juried Invitational Show, Save The Bay Center, Providence, RI.
Newport Annual Members' Juried Exhibition, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI. My submission was mentioned as a favorite in a Providence Journal article.
Summer in Rhode Island, Juried Show, Portsmouth Arts Guild, Portsmouth, RI, Honorable Mention.
ALRI 3rd Annual Associate Members' Exhibition, Gallery 297, Bristol, RI, Top painting award, the Art League of Rhode Island Award of Excellence.
Works on Paper, Juried Show, Portsmouth Arts Guild, Portsmouth, RI.
Gallery Invitational, Bristol Art Museum Exhibit at the Rogers Free Public Library, Bristol, RI.
April Fools, Spring Bull Gallery, Newport, RI.
End of Winter, Art League of Rhode Island Associate Members' Show, Spring Bull Gallery, Newport, RI.
Ticket Please, Spring Bull Gallery, Newport, RI.
16th Annual Fakes and Forgeries, Spring Bull Gallery, Newport, RI.
2008:
18th Annual Les Petites Oeuvres (The Little Picture Show), Spring Bull Gallery, Newport, RI.
Open Juried II Annual, South County Art Association, Kingstown, RI.
Steeple Chase Exhibition, Channing Memorial Church, Newport, RI.
Rhode Island Artists for Save The Bay, Juried, Save The Bay Center, Providence, RI.
Annual Regional Show, Greater Fall River Art Assn., Fall River, MA, Honorable Mention.
Portraits & Figures: Here's Looking at You, Juried, Portsmouth Arts Guild, Portsmouth, RI.
All Media Open Juried I Exhibition, South County Art Association, Kingston, RI.
2007:
Art of the Muses, Spring Bull Gallery, Newport, RI.
Fakes and Forgeries, Spring Bull Gallery, Newport, RI.
Newport Annual Members' Show, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI.
A Show of Hands, DeBlois Gallery, Newport, RI, Honorable Mention.
Art League of Rhode Island First Associate Members' Juried Exhibition, Gallery 297, Bristol, RI.
2006:
Paintings from Monhegan Island, Coleman Center, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI.
All Media Open Juried II Exhibit, South County Art Association, Kingston, RI.
Not So Small Picture Show, Gallery 297, Bristol, RI.
16th Annual Les Petites Oeuvres (The Little Picture Show), Spring Bull Gallery, Newport, RI
EDUCATION
Decordova Museum School, Lincoln, MA
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Rhode Island School of Art and Design