Friday 20 May 2011

RIP: Jeffrey Catherine Jones

Sadly another great artist has left this mortal coil. Jeffrey Catherine Jones died  yesterday after loosing a battle with ill health. I don't think I can add anything that has not already been said.
http://www.comicsbeat.com/2011/05/19/rip-jeffrey-catherine-jones/
http://blogs.birminghammail.net/speechballoon/2011/05/jeffrey-catherine-jones-rip.html

I became aware of  Jones' work  while following the work of Barry Windsor Smith, in the late 70's and saw the similarities in both artists pencil drawings. I was also drawn to the masculine tones and themes of  Jones' work that I found similar to Frazetta's. Seeing as Smith and Jones shared studio space I guess they must have rubbed off on each other. Maybe Smith was influenced by Jones, I don't really know. I often thought that both were influenced by Frazetta's work. I could be wrong. Either way, both  are Great artists.
If you are not familiar with Jones' work, go check it out now. It will be time well spent.
http://www.jeffreyjones-art.com/











Frank Frazetta had called Jones "the greatest living painter in the world." For me that's got to be the final word.


1 comment:

  1. Too bad, ever, lose an artist ... in the case of J. C. Jones, for me it is more because I did not know until today, seeing his blog ... A huge loss, no doubt ... I think Jones was one of the artists closest in style to the great Frank Frazetta ... Greetings ...

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