Jones was born and raised in the mountains of western North Carolina and he draws heavily on the visual language of the American south combined with the visual language of America at large. Jones’ paintings can be likened to an antique market, which serves as a de facto visual archive where objects are considered not for their original meaning or context but for their aesthetic qualities. By bringing together widely varying and often disparate references, ignoring their original meaning, and offering them on the canvas, Jones’ paintings also act as a visual archive. One where aesthetics take precedence over meaning, and subjects can be consumed in a new way through paint.
