Mike Jones

Mike Jones (d. 2022)

Born in 1941, Mike Jones took inspiration from the post war Welsh culture of the mining valley community in which he grew up. Mostly working from his studio in the Swansea Valley, South Wales, his work reflects his distinct and expressive appraisal of the simplicity and strength of powerful images rooted in the social and working life of the people and the hard living conditions of the valley, past and present.

He worked in a variety of media including pen and ink, crayon and oil, using shape, line and form to capture and express the character and spirit of men and women with freshness, passion and immediacy. Pictures of women from family life contrast with the granite figures of men who worked in the thriving steel and coal industries yet both convey the individuality and richness of their lives.

Mike gained a reputation for his evocative portrayals of the Welsh landscape and its people, and he exhibited widely across Wales. He held numerous one-man shows and exhibited regularly at The Albany Gallery, Cardiff and The Attic Gallery, Swansea. He contributed to several television presentations on the visual arts in Wales and his work is held in many private collections and in The National Library of Wales.

“In drawing and painting, I endeavour to give emotions, ideas and memories a permanent form. I find inspiration in simple subject matter, women scrubbing steps, figures sitting in waiting rooms, men and women, places and times of my childhood and imagination. Through my art I try to convey emotion and attitude which I hope will connect with the viewer. The essence of my work is the spontaneous and intuitive response to my subject matter.” (Mike Jones)

“The figures in black and white stay in my mind…I am also impressed with the textures of his oil pastels…..he is extremely gifted.” (Josef Herman R.A. 1998)

“I have been familiar with Mike Jones`s work for some years, finding it always good, always imaginative…Talented and sensitive.” (Will Roberts 1997).


Seated Couple, Brown Jacket
Ink Wash
6 x 7 Inches
£725

Shift Workers (i)
Lithocrayon and Wash
7.5 x 9.5 Inches
£825

Farmer, Brown Cap
Acrylic
12.5 x 10.5 Inches
£1250

Mr Jones (Y Capelwr)
Ink Wash
10 x 8 Inches

Man on Bench
Ink Wash
7 x 8 Inches

Builder
Graphite
9 x 7 Inches

Reader (ii)
Mixed Media
12 x 10 Inches

Man with Bucket
Mixed Media
10 x 8 Inches

Seated Couple, Royal Welsh (i)
Crayon and Wash
12 x 12 Inches

Lady, White Dress
Mixed Media
7.5 x 6 Inches

Farmer, Llandeilo
Crayon and Wash
12 x 10 Inches

Seated Couple (ii)
Crayon and Wash
9 x 11 Inches

Ironing
Graphite and Wash
9 x 7 Inches

Two Men Talking
Ink Wash
10 x 10 inches

Barber Shop
Crayon and Wash
10.5 x 10.5 Inches

Farmer on Rail
Lithocrayon and Wash
10 x 8 Inches

Farmers on Rail
Lithocrayon and Wash
8 x 10 Inches

Head of Farmer
Acrylic
13 x 13 Inches

Group of Farmers
Crayon and Wash
13 x 13 Inches

Garden Seat
Oil on Board
9.5 x 11.5 Inches

Group of Farmers
Oil on Board
11.5 x 11.5 Inches

Four Farmers
Crayon and Wash
8 x 10 Inches

Figure, Blue Shirt
Oil
10 x 8 Inches

Three Farmers
Oil on Board
11.5 x 11.5 Inches

Waiting Room
Lithocrayon and Wash
8 x 10 Inches

Two Seated Figures
Crayon and Wash
10.5 x 10.5 Inches

Two Farmers
Oil on Board
11.5 x 9.5 Inches

Farmer on Rail
Mixed Medium
8 x 9.75 Inches

Men in Cafe
Ink and Colour Wash
8 x 9.75 Inches

Man at Table
Charcoal
19 x 16 inches

Man with Bouquet
Oil on Board
20 x 16 inches

Reader
Mixed Media
10 x 9 inches

Brothers
Crayon and Wash
16 x 16 inches

Woman with Buckets
Ink Wash
20 x 16 inches

Figures in Landscape I
Ink Wash
7.5 x 9.5 inches

Cwsg (Sleep)
Mixed Media
10 x 12 inches

Man and Wife
Mixed Media
8 x 10 inches

Three men seated, Royal Welsh
Ink Wash
9 x 12 inches

Café readers II
Ink Wash
10 x 12 inches

Farmers, Pentwyn
Oil
12 x 12 inches

Figures, Harbour Wall
Ink Wash
9 x 12 inches

Farmer with Stick
Ink Wash
12 x 10 inches

Farm Labourer
Oil on Canvas
10 x 8 inches

Collier
Ink Wash
10.5 x 8 inches

Woman at Table
Oil on Canvas
9 x 7.75 inches

Two Men Seated
Oil on Canvas
12 x 10 inches

Men at Table
Oil on Canvas
8 x 10 inches

Farm Labourer (Green Shirt)
Ink Wash and Crayon
10 x 8 inches

Two Ladies
Mixed Media on Board
12 x 10 inches

Young Farmer
Oil on Board
12 x 10 inches