Alan Daniel Jones by Tim Olsen
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Alan Daniel Jones by Tim Olsen

It might sound odd, but I think of Alan Jones as a kind of young  Dutch master of the Australian landscape. His work, with it’s bleached, austere palette and fixation on the raised horizon, sometimes reminds me of Vermeer…

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Melbourne Art Fair’s modest ambition dulls its shine

This Melbourne Art Fair is over. Born of a troubled past, this year’s fair was a slimmed-down version of its former self. To be fair, the carnival with its big tent exhibition space and festive mood was a success. But its ambitions were regrettably modest, to say the least…

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Cherrybrook artist statement
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Cherrybrook artist statement

When we moved to Cherrybrook in 1982, the suburb was mostly virgin bushland and old farms with a few scattered houses. The area now known as Mike Kenny Oval was a neglected farming paddock…

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Pat Corrigan Collection
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Pat Corrigan Collection

‘Painting 163 (Moonee beach)’ has been acquired by the Pat Corrigan Collection. Pat Corrigan AM is an Australian businessman, art collector and philanthropist and has been a long supporter of Jones’s career…

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Pat Corrigan Collection

‘Painting 181 (Coogee)’ has been acquired by the Pat Corrigan Collection. Pat Corrigan AM is an Australian businessman, art collector and philanthropist and has been a long supporter of Jones’s career…

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Podcast interview: Talking with Painters

Alan Jones’ work crosses over painting, sculpture and collage. His most recent show was of exquisite painted wooden collages, many of which depicted the coastal landscape of Moonee Beach in NSW…

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Macquarie University Art Collection
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Macquarie University Art Collection

Macquarie University Art Collection has acquired Alan Jones’ painting of businessman and arts philanthropist Pat Corrigan AM. ‘Corro’ was a finalist in the prestigious 2013 Archibald Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales…

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Time and Place: Recent Collage by Anna Johnson

Alan Jones cuts into the language of landscape by cleaving the line between paint and surface. The horizons, branches and tide lines of his new works bear the sculptural quality of blunt sunlight and hard shadows…

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