Artwork copyright Roger Jones. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Hall's Creek, 1992

Roger Jones
(American, born 1941)

Location: Allen Creek Elementary, Marysville

ABOUT THE ARTWORK

Hall's Creek is a figurative painting by artist Roger Jones. A small slice of Pacific Northwest wilderness found in a residential area inspired this lush landscape. He notes, "It is a magical pocket of nature. The skunk cabbage in the foreground reveals the time of year to be early summer. The viewer's eye focuses on the skunk cabbage and then move through the lush greenery within the composition. This painting is an attempt to idealize a place found in nature which happens to be close to my home.

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Marysville School District.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Northwest painter and art teacher Roger Jones creates figurative, pastoral landscapes in imaginative compositions.
Jones graduated from Kennewick High School in Southeastern Washington, studied education at Central Washington State College (now Central Washington University) in Ellensburg, and received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Washington in Seattle in 1972. He has taught drawing and painting classes at Edmonds Junior High School, Bellevue Community College, Spectrum at the University of Washington, Bellevue Art Museum School, and Western Washington University in Bellingham, Northwestern Washington. He has also worked as an illustrator for Boeing.