2003 "Shadowed Canal" Oil Painting by Andrew Jones, Framed

Description

Artist: ANDREW JONES (1960-)
Title: SHADOWED CANAL
Medium & Surface: ORIGINAL OIL ON CANVAS (framed)
Signed: HAND SIGNED BY ARTIST … more Artist: ANDREW JONES (1960-)
Title: SHADOWED CANAL
Medium & Surface: ORIGINAL OIL ON CANVAS (framed)
Signed: HAND SIGNED BY ARTIST LOWER RIGHT
Year Created: 2003
Country of Creation: UNITED STATES

Image Area Dimensions: 20 x 30 INCHES
Frame Dimensions:* 24.625 x 34.75 x 1.25 INCHES
*This work of art is being sold in a custom, archival frame.

Additional Info: HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE WORK BY ANDREW JONES IN GREAT CONDITION WITH CUSTOM FRAME.
Provenance: ACQUIRED DIRECTLY FROM ARTIST IN 2004
Artist Info/Bio: ARTIST BIOGRAPHY DOCUMENT AND REFERENCE ARTICLES ARE INCLUDED
Documentation: CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY BY CALIFORNIA FINE ART BROKERS IS INCLUDED

"Shadowed Canal," an original oil on canvas by Andrew Jones, is a piece for the true collector. Jones is known for his landscape and cityscape paintings, including paintings of Europe, where he captured scenes in Venice, Rome, Tuscany, and the countryside of France and Italy. He is also well known for his works depicting metalwork and the shadows that are cast, as a means of preserving the history of the constantly changing environment around him in New York City. His unique style of realism produces an exquisite work of art that blends color and shadow in a complex scene that is extraordinarily executed. This is a rare opportunity to acquire one of his works on the secondary market. This masterful artwork is perfect for those who have an affinity for Europe, Venice, contemporary paintings, landscapes, and context-rich works.

In the artist's own words:

“I typically complete a painting in four or five sittings. In the first sitting, I get 60 percent of the impact of the painting. The second and third sittings develop the colors, textures and values. The fourth and fifth are corrective, addressing perspective issues as well as compositional subtleties. These are the longest sessions, with the least actual brushwork. This painting followed that general process.

My favorite part of the painting process is returning to the studio after a full night’s sleep or after a workday and seeing the piece with a fresh perspective. Sometimes an artist can be too close to a work. It’s important to have ways to distance yourself from it. Upon returning to see [a work, I am] delighted when the painting has the same impact as the experience that initially inspired me."

Andrew Jones is an artist in the West Village in New York City. He is a contemporary painter of original oil paintings of scenes of Greenwich Village and Chelsea.

His New York cityscapes depict brownstone stoops, brick facades, and elaborate ironwork of historic Federal and Greek revival townhouses. Architecture and architectural elements fill his streetscape artworks, and his highly original “stoopscapes” feature cast iron and wrought iron railings, often bathed in raking sunlight. Of significance are his innovative “stoop shadow” paintings, which portray the shadows of ironwork cascading down brownstone steps. These artworks merge a tradition of realism with the beauty of abstract form, resulting in art that is both Classical and modern.

Jones' artwork also includes representational American landscapes of oceans, beaches, and forests along the East Coast, including Cape Cod, the Hamptons and Fire Island. European cityscapes and landscapes offer views of the cities and countryside of France and Italy, with a particular focus on the ruins of the Forum in Rome, Venice’s canals and bridges, and streetscapes in Tuscany, including Florence and the Tuscan town of San Gemigniano. Other subject matter includes still life paintings depicting flower stands in Greenwich Village.

Jones pursues beauty as an artistic goal. His works develop harmonies of color, line, and balance as well as profoundness of theme. At times, he portrays objects of beauty, such as architectural forms. Other times he describes the deterioration of the built environment, as the ravages of time create their own romantic sense of beauty.

Jones does not seek innovation for its own sake. Rather, he captures the images that affect him visually. On one hand, the results may occasionally be reminiscent of paintings of past centuries, and on the other hand, Jones' work is often completely unlike anything painted before. less