Christopher Jones

Jan 24, 2025 | christopherpjones.medium.com | Christopher Jones

Desperation, triumph and the ups and downs of a creative lifeChristopher P Jones·Follow7 min read·--Water Lily Pond (1900) by Claude Monet. Oil on canvas. 89.8 × 101 cm. Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Image SourceSelf-doubt can often haunt the lives of creative people, perhaps because the value of someone’s art tends to remain nebulous — until the day that outside acclaim silences their internal critic. Artists from history suffered from this impediment as much as any modern-day creative.

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Jan 16, 2025 | christopherpjones.medium.com | Christopher Jones

How rich symbolism and meticulous detail tell a storyChristopher P Jones·Follow8 min read·--The Last Supper (1464–1468) by Dieric Bouts. Oil on panel. 183 × 152.5 cm. Central panel of the Altarpiece of the Holy Sacrament. St. Peter’s Church, Leuven, Belgium. Image SourceFew paintings in the history of art come as perfectly formed as this one. It was made by the Netherlandish painter Dieric Bouts in about 1468, at a time when oil painting was seeing its first brilliant flourishing.

Jan 9, 2025 | christopherpjones.medium.com | Christopher Jones

Amorous intentions in Fragonard’s famous masterpieceChristopher P Jones·Follow7 min read·--L’escarpolette or ‘The Swing’ (1767) by Jean-Honoré Fragonard. Oil on canvas. 81 × 64.2 cm. Wallace Collection, London, UK. Image sourceThe painting shows a woman dressed in suggestive peach-pink, frolicking on a swing attached by ropes to a tree. In the shadows behind her, a man pulls on the ropes, propelling her higher and faster.

Dec 2, 2024 | christopherpjones.medium.com | Christopher Jones

Perfectly dappled colours on an exuberant Parisian afternoonChristopher P Jones·Follow7 min read·--Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette (1876) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Oil on canvas. 131 × 175 cm. Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France. Image source Wikimedia CommonsI have vivid memories of first seeing this painting in the Musée d’Orsay in Paris.