Early 21st Century Surrealist Abstract Diptych Painting by Martyn Jones

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Martyn Jones (Welsh, b 1955)
Diptychs ("Overland Series")
Oil on canvas
Provenance: Robert Steele Gallery NY
(Robert Steele operated Anima … more Martyn Jones (Welsh, b 1955)
Diptychs ("Overland Series")
Oil on canvas
Provenance: Robert Steele Gallery NY
(Robert Steele operated Anima Gallery in Adelaide, Australia as well as his gallery in New York. He represented and exhibited many contemporary American and international artists and was one of the most prominent dealers in Aboriginal art.). The business card is not included. It was tucked into the back of one of the pairs. I am just including the photo for provenance.

Martyn Jones (born 1955) is a British contemporary artist and painter who works from his studio in Cardiff, Wales.
Jones, who was born in Aberaman, near Aberdare in Rhondda Cynon Taf, graduated with an M.A. in Fine Art from Chelsea School of Art, London and was awarded Junior Fellowship at Bath Academy of Art. Among his tutors were the British artists Adrian Heath (close friend of Terry Frost). He also studied with Peter Kinney. Martyn Jones' paintings evoke the spirit of classic late English Modernism - in particular the St Ives School - through their jewel-like flat areas of intense colour. Martyn's abstract paintings are often inspired by the natural world and sometimes are more about that crossover point from figuration to abstraction. Jones’ works of art have been compared with the work of Spanish Catalan Surrealist artist Joan Miro. His work is represented in the UK by the Ffin-y-Parc Gallery and Kooywood Gallery, Wales and the No. 9 Gallery in Birmingham, and in USA by Artefact Pardo Gallery, Miami and the Robert Steele Gallery, New York. “I have always considered my work as belonging to a European tradition in painting. Some of my deepest
influences lie with the work of Joan Miro, Marc Chagall, Wassily Kandinsky, Braque’s ‘Atelier Series’ and my
mentor and tutor Patrick Heron. Primarily my work is about promoting the use of light and colour. I am
interested in my work conveying a sense of immediacy and simplicity, with each painting employing a personal
alphabet of shapes and symbols, enabling me to develop my own visual language. The crossover between
figuration and abstraction and the connection with the world at large, has also been an important focus in my
work. I like to vary the physicality of the surface in employing various painting techniques, such as blending,
stippling, gestural areas of colour and use of line, in an attempt to create a ‘jewel like’ appearance. In inventing
my own imagery, I would like to transform people’s perception and vision of the natural world through my
paintings”. Martyn Jones - August 2019. During 2008 Jones staged his first major international solo exhibition "Overland" at the Robert Steele Gallery, Chelsea, Manhattan, comprising over forty works. The Robert Steele Gallery has represented Jones' work, since 2004, in a variety of international and themed group exhibitions. In March 2010 Jones exhibited his second solo-show at the Robert Steele Gallery, During 2012 Jones exhibited in three solo-shows, at Artefact Pardo Gallery in Palm Beach County, Florida, at the Oriel Ynys Mon Gallery in Anglesey and at the Kooywood Gallery in Cardiff.
Jones' work has been exhibited widely in UK, Europe and USA, including at the National Museums and Galleries of Wales, at the Wales International Centre and the Chrysler Building in New York City.
His signed, unique, work is represented in numerous public and private collections in Europe and the US He is represented by the Kooywood Gallery, Cardiff and by the Robert Steele Gallery, New York City.

Selected solo exhibitions

2018 Heath Gallery, Palm Springs, California
2017 Ffin-y-Parc Gallery, Wales
2015 Ffin-y-Parc Gallery, Wales
2015 Artefact Pardo Gallery, Florida
2014 Kooywood Gallery, Cardiff, Wales
2013 Ffin-y-Parc Gallery, Wales
2012 Artefact Pardo Gallery, West Palm Beach, Florida
2012 Oriel Ynys Mon, Anglesey, North Wales
2012 Kooywood Gallery, Cardiff, Wales
2011 Off the Wall Gallery, Cardiff, Wales
2010 Atelier, Robert Steele Gallery, New York
2010 Off the Wall Contemporary Art, Cardiff, Wales
2009 Kooywood Gallery, Cardiff
2008 Overland, Robert Steele Gallery, New York

Selected group exhibitions

2011 Jones/ Perez Melero Espacio 1440 Biscayne Blvd., Miami
2011 ArtAt Arts Festival, Pembrokeshire, Wales
2011 Etcetera – 4 Contemporary Painters', Oxmarket Centre of Arts, Chichester, West Sussex, England
2010 Blackheath Gallery, London, England
2010 Cowbridge Gallery, Wales
2009 Summer in Suite 402, Robert Steele Gallery, New York City
2009 Robert Steele Gallery, New York City
2009 National Eisteddfod, Bala, Wales
2009 International Artexpo, Jacob Javits Center, New York City
2008 Ffres Ysbryd/Spirit Wales Newport Museum and Gallery, Wales
2008 International Artists Summer Show, Robert Steele Gallery, New York City
2008 56 Group Wales, Tenby Museum, Oriel Myrddin, Wales
2007 Chelsea Summer Dreaming, Robert Steele Gallery, New York City
2007 Kooywood Gallery, Cardiff, Wales
2007 West Wales Arts Centre, Fishguard, Wales
2007 Attic Gallery, Swansea, Wales
2006 on the Horizon, Robert Steele Gallery, New York City less