Jonathan Taylor was born in 1962 in Stourbridge, West Midlands and lives in Worcester. He gained a Diploma in General Art and Design at Worcester Technical College, 1981-1982 and BA (Hons) Illustration at Leeds Polytechnic, 1984-1987.

He has had numerous exhibitions, both one man and mixed, in Malvern, Worcester, Hereford, Swansea, Bedford, Yorkshire, Ledbury and the Cotswolds. He was a prize-winner at the annual Pastel Society exhibition at the Mall Gallery, London and has had work accepted for exhibition at the shows in 2004 and 2005. He also won a prize at the annual Patchings open exhibition in Nottinghamshire in 2004. He has had articles published in "the Leisure Painter" and been featured in "The International Artist" magazine.