Lost In The Shuffle, 2024

Max Jones  

Artist Statement:

My work is about the quiet space in your head where snippets of life and feelings and memories live. An inspired sunset or mountain view brought to life in the form of abstract color blending. Not an actual image of the memory but more like the feeling of the moment...

Exhibitions:

Solo Exhibitions
2017 “Southwest Abstractions" Two Old Crows Gallery – Pagosa Springs CO
2015 “Arts in Bloom" Orisons Fine Art – McKinney TX
2010 “Happy Hour" J Black's Feel Good Lounge – Dallas TX
2006 “Zen" Tempest Tea – Dallas TX
2005 “Breaking Out" The Urban Blossom – Addison TX
2003 “Illusions" Jones Walker Gallery – Dallas TX

Group Exhibitions
2017 5X5 Art Show – Dallas TX
2016 Guys & Dolls Annual Auction and Art Show – Dallas TX
2015 Guys & Dolls Annual Auction and Art Show – Dallas TX
2015 Art from the Heart Celebrity Art Auction and Show – Dallas TX
2015 Hollywood Art in the Park – Dallas Arboretum – Dallas TX
2014 Guys & Dolls Annual Auction and Art Show – Dallas TX
2014 Art from the Heart Celebrity Art Auction and Show – Dallas TX
2014 EIGHT X EIGHT Museum of Biblical Arts – Dallas TX
2013 Guys & Dolls Annual Auction and Art Show – Dallas TX
2013 Art from the Heart Celebrity Art Auction and Show – Dallas TX
2013 ART to the Rescue - Animal Rescue of Texas – Dallas TX
2013 East Texas Angel Network Benefit – Longview TX
2012 Guys & Dolls Annual Auction and Art Show – Dallas TX
2012 Art and Advocacy – Dallas TX
2012 ART to the Rescue – Animal Rescue of Texas – Dallas Tx
2011 Guys & Dolls Annual Auction and Art Show – Dallas TX
2011 Art and Advocacy – Dallas TX
2010 Guys & Dolls Annual Auction and Art Show – Dallas TX
2010 Art and Advocacy – Dallas TX
2010 5X7 Miniatures Show – Austin TX
2009 Guys & Dolls Annual Auction and Art Show – Dallas TX
2009 5X7 Miniatures Show – Austin TX
2008 Guys & Dolls Annual Auction and Art Show – Dallas TX
2007 Guys & Dolls Annual Auction and Art Show – Dallas TX
2006 Guys & Dolls Annual Auction and Art Show – Dallas TX

Juried Exhibitions
2016 “REM" @ ART7 – Fort Worth TX
2013 Arthash Exhibition – White Space Gallery – Dallas TX
 

Professional/Teaching Experience:

Max Jones is a self-taught abstract artist born and raised in North Texas. Max's artistic journey began almost accidentally in his early days as a gallery owner where he featured other people's art. A publisher of a design magazine happened to notice an unfinished painting in the back of Max's studio where he painted as a hobby. She commissioned a piece for herself that day with the agreement that Max would put a piece of his own work out in the gallery for sale.That first piece sold almost immediately and the rest as they say is history…

Max has spent more than a decade honing his signature style which is a relaxed ethereal blending of colors inspired primarily from nature. He works intuitively, adding layer upon layer until the final image reveals itself. Max's work is featured in many private and commercial collections throughout the U.S. and abroad. In 2015, a leading international art publisher launched the Max Jones Collection worldwide and have published open-edition reproductions of Max's work in more than 25 countries. Mr Jones lives and paints in Taos, New Mexico.

Artistic Influences:

Helen Frankenthaler, Mark Rothko, Nancy Ortenstone.

Tags:

Abstract, interior design, abstract art, abstract expressionism, modern art, contemporary art.