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"Dusk at Taos Mountain"
9 by 12 oil on linen
"Change of Season"
28 by 36
oil on canvas
Jazzy Still Life
30 by 40 oil on linen
"Ranch House Outside
Clifton" 8 by 10 oil on canvas
Rusty painting in Rocky Mountain
National Park at the 2004 OPS paintout |
Artist's Statement
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I
typically do not choose a place to paint, it chooses me. I am
struck by the way light is illuminating the landscape or the way
shapes and color play off each other. If I like what I see, it
causes me to take pause, set up my easel and slap paint to a canvas.
Painting outdoors is not a passive or leisurely activity. It
usually involves hiking somewhere which means shortness of breath,
blisters on the feet, a dry mouth and sweat dripping from the brim
of my hat. The actual process of recording a scene on canvas
requires technical skill, clear thinking and some guts. The
reward is a shady spot along the side of a river or looking out over
a valley from the top of a mountain or the quiet that dusk brings at
the end of the day. Its the quiet moments, away from everyday
life, in the midst of the wonderous landscape that makes painting
outdoors worth doing.
When
my mind is pure and uncluttered from distraction, maybe ...just
maybe... the paint will flow from my brush in a magical dance of
color and shapes. When everything is right, a painting worthy of the
effort comes to life. It is the orchestration ... the
placement of shapes, the mixing of colors and the application of
paint that makes painting outdoors the total creative experience. |
Gallery Representation:
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Nanette
Richardson Galleries, San Antonio, Tx
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Riverbend
Gallery, Marble Falls, Tx
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Victorian
Gallery, Dallas, Texas
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Galleries
West, Jackson Hole Wyoming
Memberships:
Awards:
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Numerous
awards from organizations such as Dallas Society of Illustrators,
Los Angelos Society of Illustrators, Association of Medical
Illustrators, International Network of Golf
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Salon
International 2003 Top 50
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Landscape
Award-Graham Art Splash
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Featured in
Southwest Art Magazine
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Permanent
installations include Golf House, Professional Golf Association
Historical Museum and Pearce Museum of Western Art
Website link:
www.rjgolfart.com
Email
address:
rustyjonesart@comcast.net
Contact
this artist at:
Telephone: 972-569-8643
3300
Saint Pierre McKinney, Tx
75070 |
