The inspiration of Exmoor, Dartmoor and the countryside around Exeter has given new impetus to his interest in depicting the badgers, foxes and voles that his naturalist's eye observes everywhere. His animals are always rooted in the soil, as much a part of the landscape as the sky and the trees. He rare ability to give to each of them their unique characteristics and personas, while dressing them up in old cast off human garments never robs them of their intrinsic "animalness". Although rooted in the heritage of English illustration it is Jonathan's unerring draughtsman ship and his humour that nevertheless makes his work unmistakably contemporary.