“…throughout my work there has always been an air of stillness. It was perhaps inevitable that my journey as an artist would come to rely more and more on the still-life as a means to condense a tale from the most subtle vapors of narrative suggestion…” Johnathan Dalton, 2023 In this ten year survey of the work of Jonathan Dalton, his gallerist Ralph Hobbs has borrowed some of the most iconic of his works. These still life paintings are about finding the beautiful, the resplendent, the unusual… and putting it on display. Contained within these images are a complex maze of subtle, hidden, and lost meanings, elevating them into a theatrical reality. Please join the artist for the launch at 6pm on 14 July and then at a special event for the unveiling of the University Chancellor’s portrait and a conversation with Jonathan Dalton and Ralph Hobbs at 1pm on 15 July. Jonathan Dalton, Talking to (A) God on the Big Red Telephone 2023. Oil on linen, 122 x 137cm. Image courtesy of the artist.