Dylan Jones Creature of Habit 22 March – 29 April 2017
Creature of Habit Most mornings, my day starts as I paint the sun rising over the streets of Brisbane. After this morning affair has ended I spend a few hours at ‘work’ as a landscape gardener. As the day begins to fade you can often find me back out on the streets capturing the last moments of light. This pursuit of chasing the sun’s rising and setting rays is now an integral part of my daily routine. I’ve become a Creature of Habit, like many of us are. Since graduating from the Queensland College of Art in 2012 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, I’ve been attracted to the unseen and undervalued beauty of the everyday. Artist Jeffrey Smart highlighted this attraction stating, "It's obvious a bunch of flowers… are beautiful, and I love natural beauty, but I am not moved by it... to me composition is everything.“ This is why I choose to paint from life, ‘en plein air’ rather than being alone in the studio. Being amongst natural beauty and seeing how the colours of the sky mingle with the shape of the trees or the shadows cast by the neighbouring houses, gives me a greater understanding of how the scene can be captured on canvas. Painting ‘en plein air’ also gives me the opportunity to meet locals from the community and to challenge myself with changing light and weather conditions. Everyday is different and unpredictable. Dylan Jones March 2017
Snapshot (2016) Oil on board 80 x 60 cm $2,500
Angry Cox (2017) Oil on board 40 x 40 cm $1,000
Now Is Good (2017) Oil on board 30 x 60 cm $1,200
Toowong Blue Skies (2016) Oil on board 120 x 99 cm $3,900
Pick On Someone Your Own Size (2016) Oil on board 80 x 60 cm $2,500
You’re Blocking The View (2017) Oil on board 60 x 40 cm $1,500
The Dreamer That Never Sleeps Looks Tired (2017) Oil on board 34 x 60 cm $1,300
And It Dawned On Me (2016) Oil on board 120 x 99 cm $3,900
Count Your Blessings Not Your Troubles (2017) Oil on board 80 x 60 cm $2,500
Paint The Silence (2017) Oil on board 60 x 40 cm $1,500
Which Bank? (2017) Oil on board 30 x 60 cm $1,200
Outside Looking In (2017) Oil on board 145 x 122 cm $4,800
Praise Be To Plunkett (2017) Oil on board 30 x 60 cm $1,200
Push And Pull (2017) Oil on board 40 x 60 cm $1,500
Stand Alone (2016) Oil on board 145 x 60 cm $3,300
Stand Tall And Touch The Sky (2016) Oil on board 120 x 90 cm $3,600
You Can Piss On My Tree Anytime (2017) Oil on board 30 x 60 cm $1,200
Dylan Jones CV Education2013: QUT Graduate Diploma in Education (Secondary Years)2010 – 2012: Griffith University Bachelor of Fine Art Major Interdisciplinary Painting Exhibitions2017: Creature of Habit, Jan Manton Art, Brisbane 2016: Not To Scale, Bosz Gallery, Brisbane From A Distance, Feather & Lawry Gallery 2015: Relauch, Feather & Lawry Gallery Tainted, Bosz Gallery 2014: Small Works Xmas Show, Bosz Gallery You Plus Another You, Woolloongabba Art Gallery 2012: Provocations RAW: Natural Born Artists Here Now, Griffith College of Art, Level 6 New Sensation, 34a Thomas St, Greenslopes Myself (And as Someone Else), Griffith College of Art, Project Gallery Donations/Commissions2016: Mater Little Miracles. Burnt. Oil on Board.2015: Private Commission. Brisbane Bus Stop. Oil on Board. Private Commission. Plumstead. Oil on Board. Private Commission. Brookfield. Oil on Board. Private Commission. Outlook. Oil on Board. Private Commission. Hidden. Oil on Board. Private Commission. Bruce & Hudson. Oil on Board. Private Commission. For Father Mark. Oil on Board. Private Commission. From The Turkey's Nest. Oil on Board. Marist College Ashgrove. Carrick Wing. Oil on Board. Marist College Ashgrove. Full Time. Oil on Canvas. Marist College Ashgrove. TBC. Oil on Canvas. Private Commission. A Quiet Game of Pool. Oil on Canvas. 2014: Private Commission. You and Another You. Oil on Canvas Private Commission. Dedicated To Mars. Oil on Canvas. Private Commission. Untitled. Oil on Board. Private Commission. Me & My Boys. Graphite & Watercolour on Paper. Marist College Ashgrove. Halftime. Oil on Canvas. 2013: UQ Midwifery & Nursing (Major Sponsor). Together Again.. Graphite on Paper. Girls Ball Association (Major Sponsor). Admirable Fallow. Oil on Linen. Marist College Ashgrove. Tug of War. Oil on Linen. Private Commission. Untitled. Acrylic on Linen.
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