My oil paintings are figurative and take the form of portraiture. The expression of the subjects and title of the works create a familiarity and connection with the characters portrayed.

I use photographic source imagery as starting points for paintings, collecting and manipulating and finally selecting those that resonate with me on some level. The photographic sources are just there as starting points for the paintings, I don’t stick to them religiously. I use the paint to draw directly on the canvas then build up layers from washes to more gestural mark making, often combining brushwork with palette knife. I invent colour palettes and marks that are emotive to the subject, experimenting with textures and techniques and using different tools to apply the paint. I work on both large and small scale; the size and surface I am working on also dictate the processes used; it is an intuitive approach, both fascinating and challenging in equal amounts.

I find painting a visual way to comment on contemporary life.

The sources I select reference the cross-over between the fictional and the real in a society where the two have become ever-more confused.

Sal Jones

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