Andrew McNeile Jones paints narrative scenes that are washed with sunlight and deep shadows. These are scenes where we sense that maybe a story is happening just out of the frame. Clothes are draped across the backs of chairs, or hang from panelled shutters. Shoes lie discarded on the floor. Books lie open on tables, glasses of wine are half-drunk. Or people are suspended in moments of thought or decision.

These compositions were inspired by his time working in the film business in the 1980s and ‘90s. Two areas left a strong impression: the use of lighting - ‘painting with light’, as the cameramen call it - and art direction, to design the scene in front of the camera. Andrew employs both of these in his interior scenes. He sets up the compositions very carefully, and either waits for the angle of the sun to be exactly right, or uses his own powerful lights to create the light and shadow.

Andrew McNeile Jones

Artworks by Andrew McNeile Jones

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But You Are Not Me by Andrew McNeile Jones

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Unfurl by Andrew McNeile Jones

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The Interval Bar by Andrew McNeile Jones

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Fermata by Andrew McNeile Jones

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This Time, We All Agreed by Andrew McNeile Jones

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There Were Times by Andrew McNeile Jones

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We Called It Paradise by Andrew McNeile Jones

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Letters From The Past by Andrew McNeile Jones

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Nude V by Andrew McNeile Jones

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Nude IV by Andrew McNeile Jones

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Nude III by Andrew McNeile Jones

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Figure Study III by Andrew McNeile Jones

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