Jonathan began woodcarving as a child. Gradually, under the tutelage of his mother Eah-Ha-Wah, he became interested in drawing. After graduating from Taos High School, Jonathan attended Diné College in Tsaile, Arizona, and then studied art at the University of New Mexico. Warm Day Coming offers a contemporary visual expression, giving the viewer a unique and candid view into the intimate communal life of Taos Pueblo.

Jonathan Warm Day Coming’s paintings have been shown at The International Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas; Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University; and most recently at The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he was the only living artist featured in the exhibition Native American Picture Books of Change. His work is on display in Santa Fe (Hotel Santa Fe), and is included in many private and institutional collections.

Warm Day Coming’s Last Supper (top image to the left) gained wide interest as a result of its political connotations. The painting depicts a Taos Pueblo family sitting in their home in the Pueblo, during a meal, looking through a window at silhouetted Spanish conquistadors riding by.

He painted it in response to a visit to the Southwest by dignitaries from Spain: “Although the Hispanic community was looking forward to their arrival, there was a different feeling about the visit on the part of the Native American community because it brought to mind old wounds” (Jonathan Warm Day Coming)