About the artist...

d.r.jones combines influences from the U.S. Southwest with an appreciation for the European Expressionists to create art that is International in ambition, but organic in execution. He strives to create art that is visually appealing and engages both the emotions and the intellect. His work has appeared in collections and galleries across the U.S. and in Europe.

For me, art is an attempt to communicate. Georgia O’Keefe, the iconic Southwest artist, once said “I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way - things I had no words for”. Each painting I do is an attempt to share a feeling or tell a story using color and form instead of words.

Most of my work now is portraits, portraits of people famous or otherwise. When I paint a celebrity, I try to represent the attributes that made them good at what they do. Even when portraying someone I don’t know, I imagine a backstory for that person and try to incorporate that into the painting. If I can get the viewer to have a non-verbal interaction with the person that they are seeing, then I’ve succeeded.

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