Exhibition!

March 24th sees the opening of my solo show at Center Stage Gallery, Burbank. It runs to April 30th. I have 100 gouache paintings from my travels around the US on show. All art for sale plus a book, prints and postcards will be available. More details here 
All the work can be previewed and bought online here

On Instagram I created nine special video collages featuring some of the paintings in the show and the locations in which I made them. Check them out here

"Jones Paints America" the art of Matt Jones now online and available for viewing and purchase. Use your arrow keys to navigate the carousel. Hover over an image in the carousel to display the size, medium and price. Call 818 259 1598 or email hello@centerstagegallery.com to purchase. The gallery ships both in the USA and Internationally.

Or come into Center Stage Gallery 
Mon thru Fri 12 - 8, Sat/Sun 12-6 
847 Hollywood Way, Burbank CA 91505

And buy the book here: http://store.creativetalentnetwork.com/axProductDetails.php…

http://artgallery.creativetalentnetwork.com/#/11

St. David's Day Doodle!

I was honoured to create a doodle to celebrate my homeland Wales. Here's the Google Doodle blog entry on it:

"Today’s Doodle depicts a Welsh Lovespoon in honor of St. David’s Day, a commemoration of Welsh culture, marked by festivals, parades, feasting, and music. As far back as the seventeenth century, young suitors carved ornate symbols (like anchors, horseshoes, and hearts) into wooden spoons. When the spoons were completed, they bestowed these gifts on their love interests as a sign that they could provide for them.
Lovespoons weren’t the only storied piece of Welsh culture considered for the St. David’s Day Doodle. Our guest Doodler Matt Jones also fiddled with dragons, choirs, corgis, castles, and harps as possible Doodle subjects.

Early dragon-themed Doodle concept drawings

In the end, the lovespoons just seemed like the best fit. “There's nothing quite like the love spoons in any other country,” Matt explained. “I think it's something worth teaching non-Welsh about. The lovespoons historically are a chance for the wood carver to show off so I wanted to make a Doodle with similar panache.”