We recently drove from Eugene, Oregon to Newport for a couple nights on the beach. A couple of times we went in town to eat some awesome Clam Chowder and these places caught my eye. The gallery behind the VW is up for lease or sale. Anyone want to go in the art business together... Continue Reading →
On our recent visit to Oregon, we took our daughter to the Three Sisters mountains. These are some of the images that caught my attention on our way to the mountains.
I recently returned from weeklong vacation with my family to the Oregon Coast and these are some of the images that caught my eye during our travels
This was a series of paintings I intentionally put together around a similar theme. They were finished in June of 2021.
I looked to the color wheel for inspiration. This was my fourth and final painting for the month of June 2021.
A piece I wrote for The Social Science Monthly "Did Memes Cause an Uprising of Misinformation Online?"| The Social Media Monthly — Read on thesocialmediamonthly.com/did-memes-cause-an-uprising-of-misinformation-online/
Link below 👇🏼 http://www.linkedin.com/posts/thamarrahjones_join-us-january-27th-on-linkedin-live-at-activity-6760244591363940352-2y4d This is my 19 year old factory working self that I refer to in the interview.
"The less we say about it the betterMake it up as we go alongFeet on the groundHead in the skyIt's ok I know nothing's wrong... nothing" https://www.youtube.com/embed/CSDvcHE48zk I was probably first introduced to David Byrne when I was in the 9th grade. It was the Talking Heads video "Once in a Lifetime" on MTV. I... Continue Reading →
We've seen social media sell our personal data and spread misinformation and hate, and our personal data. But we still can’t break up with it. — Read on http://www.damemagazine.com/2020/12/15/why-do-we-stay-online/
I don’t know what it is at this moment in time, but I have been drawn to a constant rotation of the Arctic Monkeys. In particular their debut album “Whatever people say I am, that’s what I am not”. It takes me to my younger self and makes me think of my friendships during this... Continue Reading →
I started paining in earnest about 15 years ago. Originally started on poster boards around 28x22 in size. My earliest canvases were not gallery size. I didn’t know the differences then. This is one from an initial set of canvases that I received as a Xmas gift from my mother-in-law. She has always been a... Continue Reading →
This is from the New York Times and in my opinion it perfectly epitomizes the seriousness of this virus. Read it this way. We are looking at how many deaths have occurred by region for the period of March 1 to July 25, compared to the same period last year. It represents how many people... Continue Reading →
These images and the video in the link was made one month before universities across the country started closing. My classroom, work office that I meet with students, the space where I gather for committee meetings is now confined to a corner in my lower level. Teaching Sociology at Maryville Wondering if we go back... Continue Reading →
The difference lies in what, cognitively, somebody finds stimulating as opposed to exhausting. — Read on http://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-03-28/coronavirus-for-introverts-quarantine-can-be-a-liberation
This is the second canvas I have completed in 2020. It’s a much smaller canvas compared to the first painting of the year but I think it is quite photogenic and so I wanted to immediately share. I wasn’t certain if the painting was done. It came to me really fast. I completed it in... Continue Reading →
This is a canvas I completed this week. Really excited about it. The issue is where to hang it. It's a rather large piece. It involves a combination of acrylics mixed with joint compound the kind that you put on walls. It is topped off with multiple layers of a polyurethane gloss coating to give... Continue Reading →
This painting was the start of a three part series of paintings. The common denominator is the use of a lower third dividing line consisting of random clusters of hard lines. Each paintings dividers is marked by three colors. This was purposeful as three is a number I regularly gravitate toward. There is a symbolism... Continue Reading →
My wife doesn’t care for this much, but I love it. She doesn’t care for the randomness of the fine lines. She thinks they look amateurish. I was influenced here by the work of Diebenkorn. I purposely went after that kind of application of color. I am not trying to make the focus on any... Continue Reading →
I finished this piece this week. I forced myself to stay away from blues as much as possible. I have been in a Blue funk with the last few canvases. Actually, I enjoy blues which are harmonious, but I wanted to avoid them as much as possible this go around. I think if you look... Continue Reading →
I recently completed these two paintings. They came to me rather quickly so I’m not quite sure how I feel about them. I hate when paintings come to me quickly because it leaves me uncertain about their completion. I completed the brighter of the two first and for whatever reason when I started the... Continue Reading →
This is a work I finished about four months ago it was inspired by a landscape painting I came across on the web. I have no idea what the backstory is the inspiration painting. It appears to be in the tradition of some ancient Chinese painting. Just jumped out at me and I felt... Continue Reading →
I’m not sure what the deal is of late, but I have been disinterested in titleing or numbering paintings. Much of this is tied to my excitement to get these recent works out. We have had a mild summer lately which makes hanging out in my garage studio quite pleasurable. I feel I have had... Continue Reading →
I finished this about a month ago. I have struggled with a title. I originally was still riding a Pacific Ocean inspiration, but someone recently suggested a night scape at work here. I used to be a night owl until my forties.
As a painter I worry about falling in to a regular style of painting. What I mean is that I wish to avoid being too repetitive. I have established a pattern of application that I am comfortable using. But, it is the visual pattern of color fields that I try to be less consistent. Every... Continue Reading →
Feeling blue overall, but just came back from Southern California. I have been battling a sinus infection for 4 weeks now. It is just about over. That trip gave me a bit of inspiration for this painting. Fighting to stay upbeat, soon the trees will green.
In my artistic journey, I created an artwork in greens and browns a few weeks ago, but it failed to strike a chord within me. The composition felt cumbersome when arranged horizontally, and so I decided to start afresh. Drawing from my dependable palette of blues, I set out to express the melancholic mood that... Continue Reading →
I recently posted about two frames that found their way to me. This is the second one. They were sturdy but well worn frames. I had to use the clear plastic sheet on the earlier painting because the painted cardboard was slightly too small. This time I got the idea to try and... Continue Reading →
This has a nice backstory to its creation. Last week after a committee meeting, a colleague noted that the business offices were ditching a bunch of frames. He asked if I thought I could use them. I underestimated its dimensions in relation to some existing art I had. Internally there is a cardboard piece... Continue Reading →
This was the first canvas I completed for 2018. The blank canvas was a birthday gift marketing my first year beyond a half century old. My wife was my first supporter and worked to get me my first public gallery showing about five years ago. Look closely and you will see a bluish streak across... Continue Reading →
This was my final painting for 2017. I posted a few weeks ago but I was never comfortable with the white vertical line in the paining. Something about it threw me off. It looked like it was just incomplete. So, I experimented with some way to make it look more blended which was to my... Continue Reading →
At my Mother-in-Law’s and we woke up to a white Christmas Eve. Keira couldn’t wait to play in it. As you can tell we didn’t really pack her clothes for snow. Whoops!
I just finished this painting. Actually, I thought I was done multiple times before this. Some reason these geometric shaped color fields spoke to me and where I am at these days. The semester is going strong so less time to paint this time of the year. Nevertheless, I got this one done.
The semester has started and so I have less time for painting. In these cases what I frequently do is paint on these 28x22" pieces of paper. This is an alternate way for me to think about future ideas for canvas works, as well. These only took a couple days to complete. That is rather... Continue Reading →
Created in 2010, this was done by spreading drywall putty over the canvas and then applying different acrylics over the putty while wet. I tried some work with a crackle medium to degrees of success. It really worked near the edges. I loved the effect, but have not had any success replicating. Blues were big... Continue Reading →
