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Jon Jones

Birmingham-based portraitist Jon Jones has an unquenchable passion for painting.
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Silver Screen | Framed Set of Four

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Lookin Back On The Track

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You Can Never Tell

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Magnificent Seven

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It's Alright Now

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If You're A Bird, I'm A Bird

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Vincent

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Magnificent Seven

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It's Alright Now

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Lookin Back On The Track

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Silver Screen | 2024

From Peaky Blinders to Pop Culture | 2023

Made in Birmingham | 2023

Made in Birmingham | 2022

Inside the dens of the Peaky Blinders | 2021

The Darker side of History | 2020

Jon Jones

Born:
Birmingham
Lives and works:
Birmingham
Education:
De Montfort University
Awards:
BP Portrait Award (shortlisted, 2006)
Exhibitions:
National Portrait Gallery, Aberdeen Art Gallery, National Library of Wales, Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery

Silver Screen | 2024

In his show-stopping collection, Silver Screen, figurative artist Jon Jones pays tribute to some of the most memorable moments in film from the last 70 years.

Depicting scenes from classic westerns and musicals, gritty crime thrillers, coming-of-age dramas and touching modern romances, the collection includes four signed limited editions and a selection of superb original works.

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”If I have an urge to paint something I will drop everything and paint it,” he says. “Once I’ve started working on something I focus all of my energy on that, and often the person I’m painting will help me.”

Murals and Community Giving

The Peaky Blinders gang from Stephen Knight’s acclaimed BBC drama may be bad to the bone, but artist Jon Jones’ portraits of characters from the series on a 50-metre-long portrait wall in Birmingham’s Hill Street have helped to raise £10,000 for the city’s Children’s Hospital Charity.

Featuring names like Thomas Shelby, Alfie Solomons and Polly Gray, the public art display has already been highlighted by the BBC, ITV and Metro newspaper, with the show's creator, Steven Knight, calling it "vivid and brilliant". 

Chief executive of Birmingham Children’s Hospital Charity, Mark Brider, says: “We’re incredibly thankful to our great friends at Castle Fine Art and Central BID Birmingham for supporting us in this unique way. Jon Jones’s portrayal of Birmingham’s infamous gangsters is visually stunning and we’d urge everyone to come and see his artwork next time they’re in the city centre.

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A passion to paint

Jon’s passion for painting is unquenchable, and if something grabs his imagination, he gets right on with making an image. ”If I have an urge to paint something I will drop everything and paint it,” he says. “Once I’ve started working on something I focus all of my energy on that, and often the person I’m painting will help me.”

Although Jon is celebrated for his portraits of Birmingham criminals, his influences are much wider. When he was very young, he was creating portraits of John Inman from Are You Being Served?; from another end of the cultural scale he is a big fan of John Wayne. “In difficult situations, such as during the Covid epidemic, I always think, ‘What would John Wayne do?’.”

As an artist, Jon is influenced by painters including Rembrandt and Lucian Freud. “I love Freud, but at the same time I know he has a formula to all of his pieces. His work Is beautiful and I want to have that magic. I’m fascinated by painting eyes – I always start by painting the left eye in a portrait – and I always want to move people emotionally in my work. My dad told me: ‘Don’t strive for perfection; you’ll never reach it’, and I completely agree with him. Once I’ve done the best I can, I can walk away from a painting”.

As Jon is working in his fascinating studio, full of treasures bought from car boot sales, he uses his work as time to think. “Painting is a journey and a therapy,” he says. “I never used to believe in art therapy, but now I do. When I’m in the studio, it’s just me in silence, thinking about things and that time is an escape for me.

“I can never imagine not painting. Even if it wasn’t my job, I’d still be doing it.”

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Original Artwork

Jon Jones originals are one of collectors favourites. 

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Jane Birkin (Diptych)

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Alec Guinness "Who Is The More Foolish, The Fool Or The Fool Who Follows Him

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Audrey Hepburn

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This Place is Under New Management By Order Of The...

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Tommy 'Benny' Hat Study

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Dangerous To Be A Shelby In London

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Anne Hathaway #2

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In My Life | 2023

Jon Jones latest collection of original oil portraits, In My Life, named after the moving song by The Beatles, sees him get more personal with his choice of subject and showcase his unquenchable passion for painting. These works are a culmination of Jon’s artistic influences, including pop artist Roy Lichtenstein, whose work was influenced by popular advertising and the comic book style of the early 1960s;  street artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, with his raw gestural style of painting with graffiti-like images and scrawled text.

Returning to the roots of his early works, many of Jon’s In My Life paintings feature text, whether it be a stencil with a bold statement or just a scribble about a thought or something poignant that day. Each piece of text relates to the person he has captured in a unique way.

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Made in Birmingham | 2023

The new originals and limited editions, part of the Made in Birmingham collection, are a mix of Jon’s memories of growing up in the city, his love of history and of the real Peaky Blinders gangs from there, whom he has studied in detail, and some of the many other figures who have captured his imagination.

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"I want the eyes to be alive and the viewer to be connected. You can see a glint in someone’s eye and wonder what is going on."

Peaky Blinders Favourites

Inspired in the Birmingham based gang The Peaky Blinders, Jon Jones uses conflicting tones of cream white, black and grey to create a highly atmospheric artwork with an essence of realism capturing a monochrome scene.

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Who Wants To Be In Heaven

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Hush

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Polly

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I've Heard Bad, Bad, Bad, Things About You Birmingham People

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Notorious

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Tommy & Charlie

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Made in Birmingham | 2022

Made in Birmingham is a collection that not only reflects the artist's own identity and background, but also the nature of his invigorating artworks- some currently on a huge exciting display outside Birmingham New Street Station. From his memories of the school run to his time at university, two brand new limited edition artworks and a selection of originals draw upon the history of Birmingham and that of the artist.

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Inside the dens of the Peaky Blinders | 2021

For the artist's Summer 2021 release, he has mixed fictional scenes with historical research for four haunting new limited edition artworks. Like the smoky streets of Small Heath, where the gang ruled through violence and corruption, Jon's works are cloaked in shadow. The contrast between light and dark - also known as chiaroscuro - was recreated using the giclée printing process, which involves spraying microscopic dots of pigment-based ink to closely emulate the incredible detail of the original painting. Following this, the works were hand-embellished with a special combination of varnishes and gels to give them texture and depth.

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“These are personal paintings which if anything, I paint to make me smile. All the people portrayed have inspired, provoked, and interested me throughout my life.”

The Darker side of History | 2020

As a teenager, Jon Jones was drawn to the darker side of history. Shunning playing football with his friends, he instead investigated his local pub in Kings Heath, Birmingham, where the landlord regaled historic tales of its use as a mortuary. This macabre curiosity is weaved into his newest collection of limited edition giclée on canvas prints, which depict the infamous Peaky Blinders gang.

Incorporating his research alongside the curator of the West Midlands Police Museum, his Autumn Winter 2020 series captures the murky underworld of the early 20th century. The monochromatic portraits are presented in striking dark frames, which elevate the shadows and add a haunting new dimension.

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Specially curated Father's Day gifts

This year's Father's Day is on 16 June, so we've curated a special selection of artworks we think he'll love. We have something for everyone, whether they love sport, music, films, wildlife, food and drink or pretty much anything else, we've got a huge selection of pieces that he'll treasure forever.

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As featured by the BBC! Jon Jones unveils huge Peaky Blinders mural outside Birmingham's New Street station

The 50-metre installation depicts characters from the hit Peaky Blinders TV show. You can help us to raise money for Birmingham Children's Hospital by posting your photograph and tagging @castlefineart with the hashtag #Brum4BCH.

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Jon Jones fan's impressive art collection helps him to create his dream Peaky Blinders themed hotel

The Office Bar & Restaurant in Dudley, West Midlands, is home to over 20 original and limited edition works by the Birmingham-based painter, whose atmospheric scenes capture the notorious criminal gang.

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Why Gothic art isn't just for Halloween

Dating back to the 12th century, this genre is associated with the spookiest night of the year. But with our twisted collection of artworks, you can enjoy the dark side all year round.

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What is a giclée?

It may sound fancy, but this term simply refers to a popular printing technique used by painters, photographers and illustrators. Click to find out more.

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