Rodjonesartist

LATEST ARTICLES ( 294 )

• 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

• Disintegration of Play

  Oil on Canvas Enlivened by disintegration or who knows what’s behind the slivered drapery… Perhaps a monolithic organization that is disintegrating because... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Edentical World

  Size (h w d): 36 x 36 x 1.5 in Medium: oil on canvas When authentic pieces of Abstract art makes its debut it’s new to the eyes of the world or at least to the... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• My Sin

  Size (h w d): 36 x 24 x 0.75 in Medium: oil on canvas Provocatively named, this painting conjures up a playful mystery, it’s  slightly intense and held... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Vigorocity

  Size: 24” x 30” x 1.5” Oil on Canvas Art can be a vicarious experience perhaps more for the viewer than the artist that created it. Art triggers relatable... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Quarry

  Size: 24” x 30” x 1.5” Oil on Canvas After the creation of this painting I found myself thinking of the movie Fountainhead from the book by Ayn Rand,... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Winds of Fall

  Size (h w d): 24 x 36 x 1.5 in Medium: Oil On Canvas Description: For me…”It’s the most wonderful time of the year”. Fall…Fall…Fall…in the mountains. Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Frost Works

  Size (h w d): 36 x 48 x 1.5 in Medium: Oil on Canvas “This painting has a lot of subtleties that can only be seen in person. Most of Rod’s artworks are always... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Caravans

  https://rodjonesartist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG_0015.mp4 Caravans 24” x 36” oil on canvas Most artists love to expound upon the fact that they go... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Spring Arrives

  Size (h w d): 40 x 30 x 1.5 in Medium: oil on canvas Description: As we feel Fall is rapidly approaching, I for one will long for a repeat of the wonderful... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE