Roger Jones-drawings and paintings

Last Post-NEW WEBSITE

2010-05-24T00:27:00.000-07:00

I have a new website now. All updates and new work will be posted on the site from now on. Thanks to everyone who has checked out this blog and offered their support. Here is the link to my new website:

http://rogerjones.yolasite.com

New Work

2010-01-19T11:36:00.001-08:00

David

graphite, 6 x 6'', 2010

Marshall

graphite, 6 x 6'', 2010

Jim

graphite, 6 x 6'', 2010

The drawings shown above are the first three in a series I am currently developing in addition to my main body of work. This new series is concerned with cult leaders and the personae they assume as a means to gain control over those who believe the things they say. Of particluar interest to me is the amount of information about these individuals' sanity that can be ascertained from the gaze. I do not intend to pass judgment on these individuals or their followers. Instead, I see this work as a vehicle for raising questions about the moral nature of the actions taken by those whose beliefs have led to tragic outcomes.

Ringo

ink, 3.5 x 3'', 2009

Zagorakis
graphite, 6 x 6'', 2010

Drawing Featured in Quarterly Publication

Check out my drawing, Untitled 2, in the Winter issue of Drawing Magazine from American Artist. The article is a survey of how artists utilize interior spaces to convey meaning about personal and public narratives and memory. The author is Kenneth J. Procter, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Georgia College and State University. Thanks, Ken!

recent work

2008-11-20T23:49:00.000-08:00

Tuiles

graphite, 5.5 x 5.5'', 2010

Track
graphite, 6 x 6'', 2009

NO
graphite, 6 x 6'', 2009

AM-PM
graphite, 6 X 6'', 2009

Out-In
graphite, 6 x 6'', 2009

Artist's Statement

2008-10-09T23:23:00.000-07:00

My work is a visual extrapolation of how I remember my surroundings. I am interested in how one space induces the thought of another in the act of remembering or imagining.

Atmospheric qualities of multiple spaces coalesce with each other through a series of graphite marks in these drawings. The architectural and natural imagery takes on a sense of purity in its reluctance to indicate a specific location. The elusive nature of this imagery enables each drawing to function as a composite of experiences in real and imagined spaces.

Night 1

2008-10-04T00:23:00.001-07:00

2008-09-11T22:54:00.000-07:00

I'm looking into getting an actual website put together, but I guess this will do the trick until one materializes. After completing my MA in Studio Art at The University of Alabama in May of this year, I moved to Birmingham, Alabama. Making art and playing drums with The Big Nekkid takes up most of my time these days. No complaints here.

Check out some music at www.thebignekkid.com

Please feel free to contact me with any questions or resume inquiries at:

jonesart0@gmail.com

Maybe There, graphite, ink, and pastel

2008-09-11T22:40:00.000-07:00

Hotels, Oil, 2008

2008-09-11T22:38:00.000-07:00

Airport, charcoal and pastel, 2008

2008-09-11T22:35:00.000-07:00