Monday, May 24, 2010

Last Post-NEW WEBSITE

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

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

New Work


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!











Thursday, November 20, 2008

recent work

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

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Artist's Statement

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.

Saturday, October 4, 2008

Thursday, September 11, 2008

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