Colin Herbert Beyne Jones had firmly established his place at the forefront of Welsh art before his untimely death, at the age of thirty-eight.
His son Ceri Jones has written this tribute...
Born in Newport, he attended the local School of Art where he was taught by and greatly influenced by the painter Thomas Rathmell, subsequently studying at Cardiff School of Art.
Jones became an accomplished portrait painter but found painting commissioned work too restrictive.
However he did subsequently paint numerous fine portraits of his family and friends.
He was very proud of his Welsh roots and this is reflected in his pictures, many of which featured the Welsh industrial landscape and the valleys of south Wales.
Jones's most noted paintings include Pit Head Funeral which was painted not long after the Aberfan disaster, which had had such a profound affect on him.
The series of paintings of miners that he produced following a week spent sketching underground in a south Wales coal mine are also considered to be amongst his finest work.
Another notable painting of this period is Funeral, Merthyr.
The artist Josef Herman greatly influenced his work, as did his conversion to Roman Catholicism.
Jones was also a Francophile and frequently visited the Languedoc region of France, drawing there every day with reed pens that he had cut himself.
His subjects were often medieval farms and villages and many of these drawings were later developed as paintings.
Colin Jones's work has been widely exhibited in both Wales and England and is included in the collections of Wales's most prestigious museums and galleries together with private collections worldwide.
Although he died many years ago, there remains a great deal of interest in his work.
Further information (including images of his pictures) can be found on the Colin Jones website - www.colinjones.net
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Artist inspired by the industrial valleys
