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Friday, April 11, 2014 • Bainbridge Island Review
The wild side of Johnpaul Jones
Noted architect showcases personal work at BAC of his personal works a little found a new medium for closer to home. his talent, and the profes“BAC is the one I chose sion that would become his to do first because I’ve lived career, but he always did his on the island since 1967 own work on the side. and I’ve watched them be “When I was a student very helpful to at the artists,” Jones University of Oregon, Art on the wild side explained. “And they’re the art What: “The Nature of nonprofit.” school and Johnpaul Jones” art The archiarchitecture exhibition. school were tect and designWhere: Bainbridge together in er’s personal Arts & Crafts (151 one facility art brings the Winslow Way E.). and shared viewer’s attenWhen: Now through several tion back to the April 28. teachers,” main theme of Admission: Free. Jones said. his work: the “That was natural world. a perfect His depictions place for of regional me to be. I birds and colput myself through part of orful frogs are placed center school selling drawings at a stage and surrounded by local market.” the plain backdrop of brown Based on the popularity paper. of his works at auctions, it The work is reminiscent wasn’t long before Jones of the pioneering artistic became known in art circles efforts of John James for his paintings, but despite Audobon and the early several offers from Seattleworks of another artist, who based galleries to exhibit his Jones cites as a primary work, Jones eventually chose source of inspiration, Morris to hold the first gallery show Graves.
BY LUCIANO MARANO Bainbridge Island Review
Even a solo gallery exhibition is a relatively small-scale project for Johnpaul Jones. The noted island architect and designer, founding partner of Jones & Jones architectural firm, has received numerous accolades for his firm’s work on massive environmentally-minded projects inspired by nature and culture. The great works include the Balboa Park Land Use, Circulation and Parking Study in San Diego, the Great Spokane River Gorge Strategic Master Plan, the Vancouver Land Bridge and the Mount Baker Ridge Viewpoint. Respect for all cultures and a reverence for nature are themes that run through both Jones’ commercial and personal work, and while the pieces on display as part of his current solo show at Bainbridge Arts & Crafts in downtown Winslow may not be as grand in size, they have taken a lifetime to fully realize. “Over the years, nonprofit
Johnpaul Jones organizations have asked for financial donations,” Jones explained. “I don’t really have a lot of money, so what I offer up is one or two of my bird drawings, that [they] can use to auction off. That’s how I’ve been getting them out there and they’ve sold and made pretty good money for those organizations.” For Jones, his love of art began at a young age and was first explored through drawing. Recognizing his talent, his teachers encouraged his pursuit of art throughout school. “They put me in all the art classes and that wasn’t enough,” Jones remembered. “So they stuck me in an architectural drawing class.” It was there that Jones
Photo courtesy of Bainbridge Arts & Crafts
“Heron,” (2013), by Johnpaul Jones. Mixed media on paper. “I’ve always been impressed by his work,” Jones said of the famed Northwest painter and cofounder of the Northwest School art movement. “They were drawing on paper bags and on cardboard, it was simple.” The exhibition, “The Nature of Johnpaul Jones,” will be on display at BAC through Monday, April 28. BAC is located at 151 Winslow Way E.
Photo courtesy of Bainbridge Arts & Crafts
“Kingfisher,” (2013) by Johnpaul Jones. Mixed media on paper.
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