{"id":847,"date":"2021-09-21T12:04:20","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T12:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jonathanhargreaves.com\/site\/?page_id=847"},"modified":"2025-12-11T06:56:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T06:56:36","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jonathanhargreaves.com\/site\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My work combines the painterliness and visual inventiveness of abstract painting, coupled with the tradition of hard-won observation.<\/p>\r\n<p>It has a feel of places fleetingly, yet vividly remembered. Characteristically, my ambitious landscapes are often seen from an elevation of hundreds of feet, giving a sense of the landmass and its atmosphere.<\/p>\r\n<p>I have featured on Sky Arts on a number of occasions and have had recently held solo shows in Oxford, Manchester and Stockport. 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