JONES, Gareth

1944 - 2021

Gareth John Jones was born in Kennington, Oxfordshire in 1944, son of Gwyn Islwyn Jones (24 July 1907-1987), a senior technician for Shell-Mex, and his wife, Mary née Black, who ran a nursery school. Gareth Jones was educated at Copleston Road school, Ipswich and studied at Ipswich School of Art 1959-1964 where his tutor Gerald Woods introduced him to to etching, which began his mastery of the medium. An associate member of the Ipswich Art Club 1962-1966 and exhibited from 306 Sidegate Lane, Ipswich in 1962, four oil paintings 'Guitarist', 'Sinister Pines', 'Museum Window' and 'Summer Shadows', in 1963 two oils 'London Landscape' and 'Pauls', his last exhibits in 1964 were two oils 'The Old Cattle Market' and 'Still Life', when his age was given as 19. In 1966, after working as a technician at Loughborough College of Art and Design and the Slade School of Fine Art, Gareth moved to Watford School of Art where he met student Victoria Parkin. When Victoria went to Bath Academy of Art, Gareth followed becoming technician at Gloucestershire College of Art. Gareth and Victoria married in Stroud in 1971 and in 1974 they moved to Wales where he produced a series of etchings inspired by the Pembrokeshire coast and established a printmaking summer school. In 1989 he returned to Suffolk and established the Ufford Print Workshop, now the Sudbourne Park Printmakers near Woodbridge. Gareth was inspired by the rhythms of nature and conveying a sense of place, particularly the contrast between the windswept beaches of the Suffolk coast and the more dramatic and rugged Welsh coastline, with its Neolithic and Celtic remains. Gareth was a member of the Suffolk Group of Artists and exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibitions, Amalgam Gallery, Barnes, London, and numerous mixed shows throughout the UK. Gareth Jones died on 19 September 2021 survived by his Victoria and daughters, Tonwen and Emma.

Royal Academy Exhibits
from 306 Sidegate Lane, Ipswich
1962 85 Allotments
from Park Farmhouse, Lower Ufford, Woodbridge, Suffolk
1994 217 Under the Hill – etching & aquatint

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Works by This Artist