Martyn Jones is a British contemporary painter who works from his studio in Cardiff, Wales. Jones, who was born in Aberaman, near Aberdare in Rhondda Cynon Taf, graduated with an M.A. in Fine Art from Chelsea School of Art, London and was awarded Junior Fellowship at Bath Academy of Art. Among his tutors were the British artists Adrian Heath and Patrick Heron. Jones’ works of art are symbolic and surrealist in nature and set amidst an eternal landscape.
Jones’ works of art have been compared with the work of Spanish Catalan Surrealist artist Joan Miró. Miró expressed contempt for conventional painting methods as a way of supporting bourgeois society, and famously declared an “assassination of painting” in favour of upsetting the visual elements of established painting.
Martyn Jones describes his own work so;
“My work is descriptive in essence – natural shape and form taken from the world at large. My paintings have been described as capturing a natural ambiguity, but that ambiguity should not be construed as being manufactured in any way. Within each image an open invitation is challengingly presented to the percipient. It is difficult to determine when a painting is finished, but usually I instinctively know when that moment has arrived. I can say more often than not, my paintings finish themselves.”
His work is widely collected and can be found in many private and public collections.
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MEDIUM: Oil on canvas DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 40.0 x 47.0 inches (101.6 x 119.4 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed 'Martyn Jones' (verso) MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
MEDIUM: Oil on paper DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 22.5 x 30.0 inches (57.1 x 76.2 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed 'Jones 2022' (lower right) MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
MEDIUM: Oil on paper DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 22.5 x 30.0 inches (57.1 x 76.2 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed 'Jones 2022' (lower right) MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
MEDIUM: Oil on paper DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 22.5 x 30.0 inches (57.1 x 76.2 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed 'Jones 2022' (lower right) MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 8.0 x 11.5 inches (20.3 x 29.2 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed 'Martyn Jones' (verso) MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 8.0 x 11.5 inches (20.3 x 29.2 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed 'Martyn Jones' (verso) MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
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MEDIUM: Watercolour DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 4.5 x 4.5 inches (11.4 x 11.4 cm) (framed) 10 x 10 inches (25.4 x 25.4 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed and dated (lower right), titled (lower left) MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
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MEDIUM: Watercolour DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 4.5 x 4.5 inches (11.4 x 11.4 cm) (framed) 10 x 10 inches (25.4 x 25.4 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed and dated (lower right), titled (lower left) MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
MEDIUM: Watercolour DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 4.5 x 4.5 inches (11.4 x 11.4 cm) (framed) 10 x 10 inches (25.4 x 25.4 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed and dated (lower right), titled (lower left) MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 39.4 x 47.2 inches (100 x 120 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed ‘Martyn Jones’ (verso) MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
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MEDIUM: Oil on canvas DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 75.6 x 97.2 inches (192 x 247 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed ‘Martyn Jones’ (lower right) MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
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MEDIUM: Oil on canvas DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 39.4 x 39.4 inches (100 x 100 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed ‘Martyn Jones’ (verso) MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 39.4 x 39.4 inches (100 x 100 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed ‘Martyn Jones’ (verso) MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
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MEDIUM: Oil on canvas DIMENSIONS: (framed) 16.5 x 18.5 inches (42 x 47 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed ‘Martyn Jones’ (verso) MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas DIMENSIONS: (framed) 16.5 x 18.5 inches (42 x 47 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed ‘Martyn Jones’ (verso) MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
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MEDIUM: Oil on paper DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 29.5 x 22.4 inches (75 x 57 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed ‘Martyn Jones’ (lower right) MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
MEDIUM: Oil on paper DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 22.4 x 29.5 inches (57 x 75 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed ‘Martyn Jones’ (lower right) MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas SIGNATURE: Signed and dated (verso) DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 39.4 x 59.1 inches (100 x 150 cm) Martyn Jones is a British contemporary painter who explores the relationship between ‘place and time’ with the natural shape and form that his paintings take, until they finish themselves. Jones aims to challenge the viewer’s perspective through the compositional elements that are employed within each painting that capture the spirit of immediacy, as well as with the natural ambiguity that occurs, which is in no way construed. MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 8 x 10 inches (20.3 x 25.4 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed ‘Martyn Jones’ and titled (verso) Martyn Jones is a British contemporary painter who explores the relationship between ‘place and time’ with the natural shape and form that his paintings take, until they finish themselves. Jones aims to challenge the viewer’s perspective through the compositional elements that are employed within each painting that capture the spirit of immediacy, as well as with the natural ambiguity that occurs, which is in no way construed. MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 39.4 x 49.2 inches (100 x 125 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed ‘Martyn Jones’ and titled (verso) MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
Martyn Jones is a British contemporary painter who explores the relationship between ‘place and time’ with the natural shape and form that his paintings take, until they finish themselves. Jones aims to challenge the viewer’s perspective through the compositional elements that are employed within each painting that capture the spirit of immediacy, as well as with the natural ambiguity that occurs, which is in no way construed. MEDIUM: Oil on canvas DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 39.4 x 49.2 ins/ 100.0 x 125.0 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed ‘Martyn Jones’ and titled (verso) MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
Martyn Jones is a British contemporary painter who explores the relationship between ‘place and time’ with the natural shape and form that his paintings take, until they finish themselves. Jones aims to challenge the viewer’s perspective through the compositional elements that are employed within each painting that capture the spirit of immediacy, as well as with the natural ambiguity that occurs, which is in no way construed. MEDIUM: Oil on canvas DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 39.4 x 59.1 ins/ 100.0 x 150.0 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed ‘Martyn Jones’ and titled (verso) MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
Martyn Jones is a British contemporary painter who explores the relationship between ‘place and time’ with the natural shape and form that his paintings take, until they finish themselves. Jones aims to challenge the viewer’s perspective through the compositional elements that are employed within each painting that capture the spirit of immediacy, as well as with the natural ambiguity that occurs, which is in no way construed. MEDIUM: Oil on canvas DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 39.4 x 59.1 ins/ 100.0 x 150.0 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed ‘Martyn Jones’ and titled (verso) MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
Bright and often clashing colour has always played a fundamental role in Martyn Jones’ paintings. The artist has said that; “The importance of colour as a vehicle of expression in painting was impressed on me at an early stage of my development, by the British artist Patrick Heron. My work mainly adheres to, and is inspired by, European traditions in painting. My deepest influences lie in the work of Miro, Braque, Kandinsky and Heron”. MEDIUM: Oil on canvas DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 59.4 x 39.4 ins/ 151.0 x 100.0 cm SIGNATURE: Signed ‘Jones’ and dated (lower right) MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 39.4 x 59.1 inches (100 x 150 cm) SIGNATURE: Signed, titled, and dated (verso) MEDIUM: Oil on canvas MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 11.8 x 11.8 in./30.0 x 30.0 cm SIGNATURE: Signed and annotated to the margin in pencil. MEDIUM: Watercolour on paper MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 20.0 x 27.3 in./50.8 x 69.3 cm SIGNATURE: Signed and dated 2012 lower right and inscribed verso MEDIUM: Oil on paper MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 15.5 x 15.5 in./39.4 x 39.4 cm SIGNATURE: Signed and annotated verso MEDIUM: Oil on canvas MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 16.9 x 16.9 in./43.0 x 43.0 cm SIGNATURE: Signed and inscribed verso MEDIUM: Oil on canvas MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 39.4 x 49.2 in./100 x 125 cm SIGNATURE: Signed and annotated verso MEDIUM: Oil on canvas MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 78.74 x 78.74 in./ 200.0 x 200.0 cm SIGNATURE: Signed MEDIUM: Oil on canvas MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 20.0 x 27.8 in./ 50.8 x 70.6 cm SIGNATURE: Signed lower right 2016 MEDIUM: Oil on paper MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 39.4 x 49.2 ins/ 100.0 x 125.0 cm SIGNATURE: Signed and titled verso MEDIUM: Oil on canvas MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 12 x 31 ins/ 30 x 80 cms SIGNATURE: Signed and annotated verso MEDIUM: Oil on canvas MAKE AN ENQUIRY -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 39.4 x 39.4 ins/ 100.0 x 100.0 cms SIGNATURE: Signed and annotated verso MEDIUM: Oil on canvas -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 39.4 x 39.4 ins/ 100.0 x 100.0 cms SIGNATURE: Signed and annotated verso MEDIUM: oil on canvas -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 39.4 x 39.4 ins/ 100.0 x 100.0 cms SIGNATURE: Signed and annotated verso MEDIUM: Oil on canvas “The importance of colour as a vehicle of expression in painting was impressed on me at an early stage of my development, by the British artist Patrick Heron. My work mainly adheres to, and is inspired by, European traditions in painting. My deepest influences lie in the work of Miro, Braque, Kandinsky and Heron”. -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 39.4 x 39.4 ins/ 100.0 x 100.0 cms SIGNATURE: Signed and annotated verso MEDIUM: Oil on canvas Be above it VII is a recent series of monumental oils by contemporary artist Martyn Jones, that are expressions of the value he places on colour. Bright and often clashing colour has always played a fundamental role in Martyn Jones' paintings. -
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 39.4 x 49.2 in./ 100.0 x 125.0 cm SIGNATURE: Signed and annotated (verso) MEDIUM: Oil on canvas