Pat Corrigan Collection
‘Painting 190 (Coogee)’ has been acquired by the Pat Corrigan Collection from ‘Time and Place: Recent Collage’ at Olsen Irwin in Sydney. Pat Corrigan is an Australian businessman, art collector and philanthropist and has been a long supporter of Jones’s career…
Art Guide Australia - ‘Painting Moonee Beach’
As a painter celebrated for his figurative portraits, Alan Jones recently stepped out from the depths of his warehouse studio and into the open air to tackle the longstanding tradition of landscape…
National Portrait Gallery Collection
In 2014, Adam Goodes broke the record for most AFL games played by an Indigenous footballer. This honour was added to a long list of accolades as a dual Brownlow Medallist, dual premiership winner, four-time All-Australian, member of the Indigenous Team of the Century, and Australian representative in the International Rules Series…
The Art Life - ‘Paintings from Coogee / The Great Divide’
Alan Jones’ latest exhibition Paintings from Coogee present some unusual takes on landscape and portraiture. Oddly haunting faces float on top of moody coastal parklands…
Mosman Art Gallery Collection
‘Painting 131 (North Coogee)’ has been acquired by the Mosman Art Gallery Collection as the winner of the 2015 Mosman Art Prize…
‘Paintings from Coogee’ - Catalogue foreword
Over the past decade or so Alan Daniel Jones has been interested in ideas that surround notions of identity, as ‘people and place’ have become reoccurring themes in his work…
Mosman Art Prize - Winner 2015
Alan Jones wins the 2015 Mosman Art Prize for his painting titled ‘Painting 131 (North Coogee)’. Guest judge Michael Rolfe (Chief Executive Officer, Museums & Galleries NSW) writes…
Artbank Collection
‘Painting 122 (Dad)’ has been acquired by Artbank. This painting is a depiction of the artist’s father inspired by a photograph taken in 1979. ‘Painting 122 (Dad)’ was exhibited at the 2014 Melbourne Art Fair with Olsen Irwin…
Artbank Collection
‘Painting 110 (Dad)’ has been acquired by Artbank. This painting is a depiction of the artist’s father inspired by a photograph taken 1979. ‘Painting 110 (Dad)’ was exhibited at the 2014 Melbourne Art Fair with Olsen Irwin…
‘Album Paintings’ - Catalogue foreword
Since graduating from the National Art School in Sydney in 1997, Jones’ images have often focused on the human figure and landscape…
‘The Mother Land’ - Catalogue foreword
Alan Daniel Jones’ maternal family heritage can be traced back to British convicts Robert Forrester and Isabella ‘Bella’ Ramsay. Robert and Isabella were both separately convicted for crimes of theft…
The West Australian - ‘Tracing time to a place’
Sydney artist Alan Jones, not to be confused with the radio shock jock of the same name, returns to his earliest memories of a WA Wheatbelt pub for his nostalgic first exhibition in Perth…
‘Wyalkatchem’ - Artist statement
My earliest childhood memories go back to the country town of Wyalkatchem in Western Australia. In the late ’70s and early ’80s my parents, Mike and Jenny, were widely known within the small community as publicans of the Wyalkatchem Hotel…
‘Australian Dada’ - Ashley Crawford
At its heart, Alan Daniel Jones’ latest body of work is a celebration. Hints of introspection, via self-portraiture, float through his work, but so does an embracement of family, of environment and of the future…
Alan Jones, ‘Wyalkatchem’
Award-winning Sydney artist Alan Jones has painted his family members multiple times over the years as part of his ongoing exploration into identity and personal heritage…
Interview with Venn Gallery: Wyalkatchem
It is important for me to have a personal connection to the work in one form or another. This keeps me emotionally involved, attached and ultimately engaged in my art-making process…
Kedumba Drawing Award - Winner 2010
Artists Suzanne Archer, David Eastwood, Annette Iggulden, Alan Jones, Adriane Strampp and Mary Tonkin have been announced joint winners...
Paddington Art Prize - Winner 2008
‘Painting 63’ wins the 2008 Paddington Art Prize. The Paddington Art Prize is a $30,000 National acquisitive prize, awarded annually for a painting inspired by the Australian landscape…
Artbank Collection
‘Mike’ was first exhibited in ‘The Western Front’ exhibition at the Hawkesbury Regional Gallery in 2007. Later that year, ‘Mike’ was included in Jones’ third major solo exhibition…
Sydney Morning Herald - ‘Alan Jones – Paintings and Drawings’
Alan Jones lays it on thick but his paintings and drawings bear a fragility within their chunky demeanour. In this series, Jones depicts a range of heads that could be based on humans or carvings from a material such as wood…