Approved: 28.11.2012

David Jones

Artist

Approved: 28.11.2012

Central to my practice is painting. During the last three years my work has become more representational and included people as subjects. This has run alongside a deeper interest in the period of Western art from the Renaissance up to Romanticism, in particular Baroque. I have fed this interest with visits to London and Paris to see the large collections of artwork from this period and to the Naples

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Artist Statement

Central to my practice is painting. During the last three years my work has become more representational and included people as subjects. This has run alongside a deeper interest in the period of Western art from the Renaissance up to Romanticism, in particular Baroque. I have fed this interest with visits to London and Paris to see the large collections of artwork from this period and to the Naples area of Italy for its Baroque legacy and classical history. I have been studying the life, work and techniques of Caravaggio and Velásquez and this has resulted in a number of completed transcriptions of their work.
 Prior to this I was painting abstract geometric works with an emphasis on Science and Speculative Fiction and whilst presently occupied with the Baroque mode of painting I plan to keep this line of creative exploration open.

CV & Education

2016: “utopia:distopia”collective show, Fringe Arts Bath, UK.

2016: “New Game” David Jones / Susanne Palzer, Access Space, Art Sheffield Parallel.

2015: “Neo Art Prize” Gallery 29, Bolton, UK.

2014: “Regular Line- GODZAS” Slovakia artists’ exchange, Bloc Projects / Nastupiste

2014: “The Big Draw” group show, Tokarska Gallery, London, UK.

2013: “Cities: All Dimensions: group show, Tokarska Gallery, London, UK.

2012: “Introspection and Emergence” David Jones and Paul Sellers, The Riverside, Sheffield, UK.

Permanent: Yellow Arch Studio, Sheffield, UK.

1990 - 1993: BA Fine Art Degree (2:1)  Cheltenham and Gloucestershire College of Higher Education.