The Art of Colby Jones
One of my sisters shared a photo of her father-in-law sitting in a pickup truck. I thought the photo was interesting so I decided to use it in a painting.
I felt Jim needed a dog so I added a likeness of Myrtle, a bassett hound we once had. She was with us for 18 years. I had to cover my eyes with sunglasses on the day she died.
The house they’re driving by is the one my grandmother was born in.
Acrylic on canvas, 30″ X 40″
I wanted to create something that was bold and colorful and unplanned. When finished, I was asked, “What’s that supposed to be?”
“Whatever you want it to be,” I replied.
“It reminds me of a bicycle.”
“OK, then it’s a bicycle.”
Acrylic on canvas, 24″ X 48″
A baby’s first trip to the beach can be an exiting adventure. Amazing sights, sounds, smells, textures and plenty of room to just run and run and run.
Acrylic on canvas. 24″ X 30″
1950’s Nostalgia. Boys gather to play ball at the local playground. Inspired by an old family photo.
Acrylic on canvas. 18″ X 24″
This is a painting of a father and son, separated by war, seeing each other for the first time. It could be any war. It just happens to be World War II, my father and me.
Acrylic paint on canvas, 18″ X 24″
On a trip to Monument Valley I was driving along taking the usual turista photos and happened across this cow taking a drink in a watering hole. The ensuing painting was done from the snapshot taken by a point-and-shoot camera.
Monument Valley is one of those places that everyone should visit at least once in their life. Watching old John Wayne movies does not count. It’s an incredibly beautiful place. Unfortunately (or fortunately) it’s a heck of a long way from just about anywhere. But you should make the effort. It’s not a national park. The whole thing is on a Navajo Reservation on the Utah/Arizona border.
Acrylic on canvas. 18″ X 24″
That’s me in the mid stages of painting a mural in a nursery room. The mural covers three full walls. You can see part of one wall which has a desert theme, sort of. Each wall works into the next one. The castle wraps around the three sides of the column.
Acrylic and latex paints. Nursery Room, 9′ ceilings
One of my heroes, Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a Lutheran theologian who could not ignore the abuses by the Nazis. He left Germany and spent time in England and in the United States but returned to his homeland to participate in the resistance. He was eventually arrested in 1943 and executed just before the end of the war.
The three colors represent those of the German flag.
Acrylic paint on paper. 10″ X 14″
