The Art of Colby Jones
Some art states the obvious. Some art gives viewers a chance to exercise their imaginations and take diversions of fantasy. Is this simply a young girl playing in the water or is there a story in the steam?
Color pencil on paper 10″ x 14″.
On vacation in Italy with some old and some newfound friends, we stayed at a Tuscan farm called Priello. While everybody else was busy with chores, like making beds and cooking breakfast, I sat around with paper and pencil and sketched the main house. Hey, somebody’s gotta do it!
Great views, great food, great wine…and a Lamborghini tractor.
Pencil on paper, 7″X 8 1/2″
Young boys in training for the Olympic Tug of War team.
No, wait, Tug of War hasn’t been an Olympic sport since 1920. Actually, it’s a drawing of kids enjoying the time-honored school contest of rope pulling. Remember those days?
Oh by the way, the USofA swept the gold, silver and bronze medals in 1904.
Pencil and charcoal on gray paper, 10″ X 12″
Granddads carry the awesome responsibility of passing the important traditions down to future generations.
Carbon pencil on paper, 8″ X 8″
Trains are fun, especially for children. But once you get inside you realize you can no longer SEE the train. This drawing shows “Mimi” hanging on to her grandson who is determined to lean out of the window to watch the train as it moves down the track.
Carbon pencil and colored pencil on color paper. 10″ X 10″
After besting Arkansas in “The Game of the Century,” No. 1 Texas hosted No. 9 Notre Dame in the Cotton Bowl, New Year’s Day, 1970. The Fighting Irish were making their first bowl appearance since the 1925 Rose Bowl.
Notre Dame led 17-14 midway through the final period until QB James Street directed the Longhorns 76 yards for the winning score. Billy Dale’s 1-yard touchdown run gave UT a 21-17 lead and its 500th win in school history. In a private collection.
Conte crayon on poster board. 28″ X 22″
1969. It was the 100th year of college football. Texas was ranked #1, Arkansas #2. It was hyped as the “Game of the Century.”
The Longhorns overcame turnovers and a 14-0 Arkansas lead to claim an exciting 15-14 victory. UT QB James Street hit Randy Peschel on a dramatic 4th-and-3 play late in the game for the winning touchdown. Texas had successfully converted a two-point PAT on their first TD. In a private collection.
Charcoal on poster board. 22″ X 28″.
Texans don’t dream of white Christmases. But we might wonder about them. Seeing one every thirty or forty years might be kind of nice. Seeing more than one might make you question all the global warming theories. This is a card I sent out previously. It has longhorns, bluebonnets, oil rigs and even an old yellow dog. There’s probably not enough detail to see the armadillo and the yellow roses but the light shining down from the Lone Star should be obvious.
While I agree we shouldn’t even be discussing Christmas until we get past Thanksgiving, it seems each December I get some folks who suddenly realize that a personalized portrait or painting would make a great gift. And while I agree with that too it doesn’t leave much time to actually get it done. So if you’re even thinking about it you’d better speak up fast or change it to a Valentine’s Day gift.
