Stroke of genius

Jonathon Marc Mendes’ creative career trajectory over the past five years reads like a textbook example of the powers of social media. Word of his talent at transforming furniture with skilful paint techniques quickly spread in the virtual world after he started ‘messing around without any training or knowledge,’ and then showcased his first few ‘hobbyist’ experiments online. Before long he was spotted by Chalk Paint pioneer Annie Sloan, who in 2017, invited him to be her painter in residence. Subsequently ‘embraced’ by