Rodjonesartist

LATEST ARTICLES ( 294 )

• Parallel Universe

  Size (h w d): 48 x 48 x 1.5 in Medium: oil on canvas Description: The painting is a theoretical look at a parallel universe featuring a time warp. Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Edentical World

  Edentical Thoughts Size: 36 x 36 x 1.5 in Medium: oil on canvas Description: The title of this painting is a combination of Eden – the ultimate and universal... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Why I Paint the Way I Do

  I hate going to art museums…there I said it. Well…actually I love art museums. Been lucky enough to view most of the world’s great art, past and present. But I... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2016 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Why I Paint the Way I Do

  

  I hate going to art museums…there I said it. Well…actually I love art museums. Been lucky enough to view most of the world’s great art, past and present. But I... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2016 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Home Depot Discovery Enhances My Art

  

  I don’t know if we will ever sell this painting. It has a prominent position in our guest bedroom. Rosa Mystica has been one of our most popular posters and I a... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2014 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Artist Alert – Breaking the Habit of Seeing

  

  I know on the surface this may be a bit unsettling to the Visual Artist. Consider that artists spend a lifetime being inspired by visual impressions and the... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2014 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Definition of Receptive Abstract Patternism

  

  After a long successful career as a Commercial Photographer I picked up paintbrush, which is something I did when I was younger. Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2014 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• How Not to Be Influenced in Your Creativity

  

  Not but a day or two ago a veteran Verizon DSL Technician visited our studio office. While he was working on boosting our DSL speed he looked at some of the... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Dyslexia And Artists

  

  You would be amazed at the who’s who of dyslexics…Right off… let’s name this one… not that he needs anymore attention… Picasso. Yes he and some other pretty... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Psychic Readers of Art…

  

  Some artists, mostly “great” have the ability to see things beyond their normal senses. These mental forces or intuitions, with luck find their way into the... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Gershwin, Copland & Vivaldi Stimulating Your Art

  

  It’s hard for me to look at a steak and not think of Aaron Copland. After all the VO on the TV commercial says, “Beef…It’s what’s for dinner.” With Hoe-Down fro... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Gershwin, Copland & Vivaldi Stimulating Your Art

  

  It’s hard for me to look at a steak and not think of Aaron Copland. After all the VO on the TV commercial says, “Beef…It’s what’s for dinner. Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Truth & Fallacies About Art

  

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  Posted on 28 August 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Every Artist Needs A Muse

  

  A muse… is a muse… is a muse…to paraphrase the lady of prose-poem Gertrude Stein in her work Sacred Emily. I’m going to go out on a limb here, albeit just a... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Every Artist Needs A Muse

  

  A muse… is a muse… is a muse…to paraphrase the lady of prose-poem Gertrude Stein in her work Sacred Emily. I’m going to go out on a limb here, albeit just a... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Creativity Hurts

  

  You never really think that social media platforms like Twitter really “say” much in the way of valuable thoughts and feelings. Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Abstract Art and Interior Design

  

  At one point in my photography career I photographed several rather prestigious and extensive art collections, from some very well-heeled art collectors living... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2011 ART & DESIGN

• The Art of Abstract Color

  

  When I was a lad and merely 8 years old, my Dad picked up a camera from a customer in lieu of cash payment. It was a Kodak Retina. That camera and I quickly... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Art That Inspires Doesn’t Have to Be Inspired

  

  No matter what artistic discipline you embrace, you will be plagued by the question…”What inspired you?” I often wonder what was the genesis of this question. N... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Rod Jones Artist Vs Jackson Pollock

  

  Overtly I wasn’t influenced by any one style…and the same can be said about Jackson Pollock. Pollock’s work evolved into a style that was light years away from... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE