Jonathan Rogers has been working in the art community of Western New York and Southern Ontario for decades. He began working as an apprentice printer in 1954. In 1956-59 he attended the Ontario College of Art & Design. He has been celebrated and recognized as an internationally awarded animator. As a painter, past animator, Jonathan creates artworks that follow in a series pattern. His art ranges from tormented dancing children, with representations of story-book lives in the background, to a seemingly biblical worship of a protective god.  In 1999, he settled in Niagara Falls and has a studio at the NACC.

Jonathan describes himself as a realist and he creates his artwork in a series pattern. He has completed many public art projects in Niagara Falls including a mural in the NACC and a mural in Art Alley.