Rodjonesartist

LATEST ARTICLES ( 123 )

• Some People Like It

  I once had a conversation with Ansel Adams, you know one of America’s greatest photographers. Even if you don’t know him by name you have invariably seen his... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2019 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Art’s Cheap Trick

  It’s hard to say who was the first artist to drip paint on to a canvas, no doubt it was most likely a mistake. Paint accidentally dripping off an oversaturated... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2019 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Every Creative Thought

  Every creative thought you ever had won’t be lost. The deep recesses of your mind is a biological gift to all creatures especially man. Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2019 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Interpid

  Intrepid Oil on Canvas Paint to Canvas When it comes time to lay paint to canvas my subconsciousness has little concern for my consciousness. Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2019 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Origins

  Oil on Canvas Art Always Has an Untold Story… It may be impossible to know everything about a particular work of art. Try if you will, but no one can ever get... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2019 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Sticks & Dirt

  Sticks Dirt Oil On Canvas Sticks Dirt: The earliest form of art and one that is most fleeting. Virtually everyone has drawn something in the dirt from... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2019 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Memories of Memory

  – oil on canvas A creative life is filled with joy that is corralled by self inflicted anguish and drama.  An insightful sage once said “ each man lives his lif... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2019 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Rabbit Warren

  Oil on Canvas There once was a rabbit named Delbert Dashiell Cavanagh, who just happened to be a distant relative to Mr. Peter Rabbit which was not... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2019 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Blurred Lines

  Oil on Canvas My painting entitled Blurred Lines is not some artsy metaphorical jargon that seems to be the only way initiates can concoct meaningful and... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2019 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• The Why of Unfinished Art

  OK… art advisors, art consultants, or maybe better yet, art curators. You all know art gets made and some of you equate the inner workings of art making to be... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2019 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Art is Speech

  Thoughts are things… how many thoughts go into a work of art?  How many angels can dance on the head of a pin? Once you give birth to a thought it’s stationed i... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2019 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year – Christmas, Long, Long Ago

  Lyrics from a favored Christmas song,  “It’s the most wonderful time of the year” has a verse I am particularly fond of and it goes like this. Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• When is the Best Time to Create Art

  In Time Oil on Canvas It was the best time and it was the worst time of day, to paraphrase the opening line of A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, as I... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Conductor Using A Baton in a Stravinsky’s Firebird Symphony

  Conductor’s Baton Oil on Canvas Tap,Tap,Tap… do I have your attention? So let’s begin, start in the beginning of the third movement The cello’s need to be more... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• I Think You Are Great

  Without trying to sound like Fred McFeely Rogers  AKA Mr. Rodgers Which would not be bad… I want to say that there’s a formidable number of brilliantly... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• How I Create

  In a recent article posted on Medium Jerry Saltz the Senior Art Critic for New York Magazine, stated that artists need to be authentic. Especially when... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Giverny Stream

  Painting is the art of imaginary bliss. Monet created a blissful garden which was to his delight  A never ending source of inspiration. Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Cyber Monday Promotion

  You can find a selection of posters created from my original artworks on Amazon. They are priced for Cyber Monday. If you don’t see a particular work of art tha... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• 12:15

  Oil on Canvas This painting entitled  “12:15” is as much about theoretical thinking as it is about the paradigm shift in current art thinking. Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Odyssey

  Oil on Canvas Painting or creating is a long and more often than not an emotional odyssey. The loss of innocence and the forever occurring demands of outside... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE