David Jones

David Jones did a general course in art at the Berkshire College of Art and then studied painting as a special subject at Camberwell School of Art in London. For many years I worked as a museum curator in Salford, Kidderminster and Norwich, not as one might expect in art, but the social history field. My experience as a museum curator and continuing interest in history is evident in all my work whether figurative or abstract. I am fascinated by the fact that our present day streets often follow the lines of long gone features like hedgerows and tracks. My prints in particular often have prominent contemporary features but they are still mindful of history since once recorded such scenes soon become history.

David Jones Artist Statement: All my work, painting, drawing and printmaking is about history. I am interested in the way that evidence of the past is all around us if we look closely enough. Modern streets follow old tracks and many of today’s buildings stand on lines fixed hundreds if not thousands of years ago. Evidence of the past is rarely completely obliterated and even in the most modern development, small clues point to the past. I am particularly interested in architecture and do a lot of topographical and architectural drawing, particularly in sketchbooks and these drawings provide the information for many of my prints. In addition to this, many of my prints are about people. They may well depict contemporary life but in fact they are still concerned with history since I am recording what will in time become history. We have many more linocuts by David Jones which are unframed Contact Us for more information.