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Richmond's Premier
Artist's Co-op
Artist's Co-op
| 1305 West Main Street, Richmond VA 23220. Telephone (804) 353 8343 |
Barbara Duke Jones
Living and working in rural Hanover County, Barbara Jones
experiences daily the natural beauty of the Virginia countryside. The
spatial relationships and endless color of the natural environment
provide the inspiration for her work. Through careful observation of
the woodlands and their interaction with the open fields and sky, she
develops personal images on paper and canvas.
Using a smaller format than is often seen in contemporary works, she
renders the familiar scenery of nature, capturing the essence of the
rural setting. While Jones' work is representational, her approach to
paint and surface is that of an abstract painter. Inspired by nature she
works both directly on site and in her studio creating a feeling of
location with color and light. The memory of a particular area becomes
more important than painting a specific scene.
The Sognfjord FoIkes museum in Kaupanger, Norway invited Jones
along with three other American artists to exhibit and share their
painting experiences of Norway in the museum from June 7,2007
through August 15,2007.
Works of Barbara Jones reflect her continued interest in landscape.
Recent shows have included a series of small works in oil of the
American Southwest and watercolors and oil pastels done on location
in Italy. The Parker Company selected work done by Barbara in an
independent on-site study in Tuscany, Italy for its 1996 brochure
promoting travel in Tuscany. Additionally, Auto-Europe selected her
work for the cover of its brochure on auto travel in Italy.
Barbara Jones participated in the Spring Island Visiting Artists
Program in the Fall of 1996. Spring Island, a low country island near
Beaufort, South Carolina, has a trust which created this program for
noteworthy American artists. Each artist is given the opportunity to
experience and interpret the beauty of nature of this naturally rich low
country island. Upon completion of the program each artist donates
some of the work done on the island to the Trust.
Her work is in numerous private collections in Virginia, South Carolina,
Connecticut, Kobe, Japan; Devon, Great Britain; Milan and Tuscany,
Italy, Kaupanger, Norway, and in corporate collections in the Richmond
and Boston area.
experiences daily the natural beauty of the Virginia countryside. The
spatial relationships and endless color of the natural environment
provide the inspiration for her work. Through careful observation of
the woodlands and their interaction with the open fields and sky, she
develops personal images on paper and canvas.
Using a smaller format than is often seen in contemporary works, she
renders the familiar scenery of nature, capturing the essence of the
rural setting. While Jones' work is representational, her approach to
paint and surface is that of an abstract painter. Inspired by nature she
works both directly on site and in her studio creating a feeling of
location with color and light. The memory of a particular area becomes
more important than painting a specific scene.
The Sognfjord FoIkes museum in Kaupanger, Norway invited Jones
along with three other American artists to exhibit and share their
painting experiences of Norway in the museum from June 7,2007
through August 15,2007.
Works of Barbara Jones reflect her continued interest in landscape.
Recent shows have included a series of small works in oil of the
American Southwest and watercolors and oil pastels done on location
in Italy. The Parker Company selected work done by Barbara in an
independent on-site study in Tuscany, Italy for its 1996 brochure
promoting travel in Tuscany. Additionally, Auto-Europe selected her
work for the cover of its brochure on auto travel in Italy.
Barbara Jones participated in the Spring Island Visiting Artists
Program in the Fall of 1996. Spring Island, a low country island near
Beaufort, South Carolina, has a trust which created this program for
noteworthy American artists. Each artist is given the opportunity to
experience and interpret the beauty of nature of this naturally rich low
country island. Upon completion of the program each artist donates
some of the work done on the island to the Trust.
Her work is in numerous private collections in Virginia, South Carolina,
Connecticut, Kobe, Japan; Devon, Great Britain; Milan and Tuscany,
Italy, Kaupanger, Norway, and in corporate collections in the Richmond
and Boston area.
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| "The spatial relationships and endless color of the natural environment provide the inspiration for my work." |
A Sample of Barbara's Work
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