A artistic dad and daughter have instructed how their lockdown artwork venture has grown right into a full-time enterprise as they launch their first solo exhibition in Lanarkshire.
David and Natalie Bonner are the artists behind Jackton Artwork whose gorgeous digitally colored pen and pencil drawings of Scottish landmarks at the moment are on show at Chatelherault Nation Park.
What began out as a enjoyable household venture to move the time at residence amid the Covid pandemic is now a burgeoning enterprise with commissions coming in from America.
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David, 50, instructed Lanarkshire Reside: "I am not a skilled artist. Jackton Artwork was a lockdown venture that has now change into my full-time enterprise. My profession has been in software program companies and Natalie research inside design at Metropolis of Glasgow Faculty.
"The enterprise began once I was excited about what to offer my mother and father for his or her fiftieth marriage ceremony anniversary. Natalie and I had been drawing a bit throughout lockdown and I made a decision to attract the church the place they had been married.
"The response was improbable - 'You drew this? No manner!' - and so Jackton Artwork was born."
David creates extremely detailed pen and pencil drawings of Scottish locations, whereas 19-year-old Natalie, the digital artist, provides colored backgrounds and results to offer the work a up to date really feel.
Their work, which incorporates The Kelpies, New Lanark World Heritage Website, Hampden Park and even Hogwarts, is at the moment on show on the duo's first solo exhibition in Chatelherault Nation Park customer centre till the tip of March.
David added: "Scotland is filled with wonderful locations. These buildings and locations set off reminiscences and feelings and our purpose is for this to come back throughout within the artwork we make.
"We do not select the place to attract, individuals fee us to attract locations that imply lots to them and we make prime quality prints accessible for others to take pleasure in.
"It isn't about our story, it is about your story and your connection to locations that imply probably the most to you. There's a story behind each drawing of Scotland we do."
The gifted duo at the moment are in excessive demand with their eye-catching art work of Inveraray Citadel touchdown an thrilling fee abroad.
A Texan creator, whose novels are set in a Scottish fortress, needs Jackton Artwork to design the covers for her subsequent collection of books.
And the pair are at the moment engaged on a fee for a Hamilton resident to provide a single piece of artwork that comes with Chatelherault, Hamilton Mausoleum and Hamilton City Corridor.
David added: "It is wonderful the issues we at the moment are getting concerned in. This will probably be our first piece of artwork that features a number of topics so we're having fun with the method of engaged on this."
Jackton Artwork can even be exhibiting at Scotland's Commerce Honest within the SEC later this month to seek out wholesalers with curiosity in taking their work into retailers and galleries.
Natalie mentioned: "It has been enjoyable engaged on Jackton Artwork, studying methods to begin and develop a enterprise. I am studying new abilities that I can use in my inside design research.
She quipped: "Working with my dad is not as annoying as you suppose it could be, and also you at all times receives a commission on time!"
All drawings on show on the Hamilton exhibition can be found on the market together with: Chatelherault Nation Park, New Lanark World Heritage Website, Motherwell FC Fir Park, Hampden Park, V&A Dundee, The Forth Bridges, The Kelpies, Portpatrick Harbour, College of Glasgow, The Cuillin Ridge on Skye, Ibrox Stadium, Kelvingrove Artwork Gallery & Museum, Celtic FC, Edinburgh Arthurs Seat, St. Andrews West Sands, The Nationwide Wallace Monument, Murrayfield stadium and Hogwarts.
Take a look at extra of their art work at JacktonArt.com
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