Early works show a feel for storytelling from the beginning:
Not a comic book artist really, Jeff Jones (aka Catherine) was an heir apparent to the great Frazetta. The paintings produced by this exceptionally fine artist speak volumes about the sensitivity and deep love of art that came from within the soul of this tortured genius. Early works show a feel for storytelling from the beginning: Jones developed early and quickly as a great illustrator and fine artist with particular attention being paid to figure work. His approach was at once sketchy but deliberate and his ability to place blacks was so well developed that on some occasions he was called up to just place shadows on already existing illustrations. But the paintings were what separated Jeff from the others. The rich colors, the textures, the isolated simple designs, all were perfect for an emerging paperback marketplace in science fiction and fantasy. The incredible use of negative space, the color simplified color pallets, the rich and beautiful designs that create depth and motion, these are the deceptively simple elements Jeff used to create the masterpieces you see here. Always immaculate in conception, always experimental in execution, these are masterful and powerful visions made of paint. Moody and atmospheric, all the spirit and emotion evoked by each image lives on. And isn't that the very definition of art?
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Billy Henderson
9/10/2014 10:58:21 am
A unique and and wonderful artist indeed. Frank Frazetta himself once stated that Jeff Jones was the greatest living artist,both of them was still with us at the time,and Frazetta did not make compliments like that cheaply!!!
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Mark Boyd
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