ARTIST STATEMENT
“In the South East of Brisbane there are several boats that have been abandoned in the streets and waterways. Floating homes and vessels that were once loved are now decrepit and barely Keeping Afloat. For the locals they have become eyesores, a threat to the environment and a stain on their vision of suburbia. However, for an artist who is attracted to the unseen and undervalued beauty of the everyday, they have proven very interesting subjects. I’ve given these boats a new life and an opportunity to tell their story before they meet their maker”. ~ Dylan Jones
Click on images below to enlarge. All works are framed in timber.
1. Old Timer (2018). 810 X 1100 mm. Oil on board $5500 (SOLD)
2. People See Right Through Me. (2018). 800 x 600mm. Oil on Board $2700 (SOLD)
3. Inseparable. (2018). 450 x 800 mm. Oil on Board $2200 (SOLD)
4. Failure To Launch. (2018). 600 x 600mm. Oil on Board $2200 (SOLD)
5. Brought Back To Life. (2018). 600 X 500 mm. Oil on board $1725
6. An Otherwise Disappointing Life (2018). 600 X 450 mm. Oil on board $1650
7. Prime Real Estate (2018). 600 X 400 mm. Oil on board $1600 (SOLD)
8. Eyesore. (2018). 600 X 400 mm. Oil on Board $1600 (SOLD)
9. Not All Shit Sinks. (2018). 600 X 400 mm. Oil on Board $1600 (SOLD)
10. Beached. (2018). 400 x 430 mm. Oil on Board $1250 (SOLD)
11. Lady Rose. (2018).400 X 400 mm. Oil on Board. $1200 (SOLD)
12. Here Is The Evidence Of Human Existence. (2018). 400 X 400 mm. Oil on Board. $1200 (SOLD)
13. High and Dry. (2018). 250 X 400 mm. Oil on board. $850 (SOLD)
14. If I Could Talk. (2018). 200 X 400 mm. Oil on Board. $800 (SOLD)
15. A Lick Of Paint And She’ll Be Right. (2018). 200 X 400 mm. Oil on board. $800 (SOLD)
16. I Hope They’re Coming Back For Me. (2018). 200 x 400 mm. Oil on Board $800 (SOLD)
17. Where Dreams Come To Die. (2018). 200 X 400 mm. Oil on Board. $800 (SOLD)
18. Dumped For A Younger Model. (2018). 300 x 200 mm. Oil on Board $720 (SOLD)
19. Old Age Home. (2018). 200 X 300 mm. Oil on Board. $720 (SOLD)
BIO
Since graduating from the Queensland College of Art in 2012 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Dylan Jones has 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”. Dylan chooses to paint predominately from life, ‘en plein air’ rather than being alone in the studio. He finds that when he is outside he makes better decisions about composition, colour, surface and tone. He has slowly moved away from literal depiction and into a style characterised by large impasto marks in oil paint, rich bursts of colours and the play of light and dark.