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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'Until You're Home Again' by Andrew McNeile Jones

Painting

Figure Study III by Andrew McNeile Jones

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Figure Study IV by Andrew McNeile Jones

Drawing

Lemons from Amalfi by Andrew McNeile Jones

Oil painting

Quinces, Silver Bowl and Oak Table by Andrew McNeile Jones

Oil painting

Where the Sea Meets The Sky - Winter on Charmouth Beach II by Andrew McNeile Jones

Oil painting

Figure Study I by Andrew McNeile Jones

Drawing

White and Pink Orchids by Andrew McNeile Jones

Oil painting

A Pair of Cherries and Silk by Andrew McNeile Jones

Oil painting

Yellow Quinces and Silver Bowl by Andrew McNeile Jones

Oil painting

Autumn Swan by Andrew McNeile Jones

Oil painting

A Mute Swan Landing by Andrew McNeile Jones

Oil painting