Episode 25: Robin Jones

Meet Robin Jones in this week's episode of the Blue Rain Gallery Podcast. Her show "One Thread" opens at Blue Rain Gallery October 29th with an Artist Reception from 5-7pm. ... Robin Jones left her career in the theater to paint. It came as a pivot in her life when she was trapped at home for two weeks during Hurricane Ike when she was living in Houston. This forced time at home inspired her to paint large abstract and figurative paintings, and she has focused on painting ever since. Jones’s paintings are realistic portraits, both of young people and endangered animals, and sometime historical figures too. Young people, Jones feels “will inherit the planet that we leave them—and they are also among the strongest and most influential voices in the climate change and animal liberation movements.” She paints on aluminum rather than canvas, and often incorporates gold leaf into the overall composition. Jones says “I love using metal leaf in my paintings for multiple reasons. These metals are of the earth, they are considered ‘precious’, and therefore I feel they give a reverential quality to the subject matter (similar to the Madonna and Child paintings of the Gothic/Proto-Renaissance). I also love, aesthetically, the way the light reflects off of the metal, changing as the light in the space shifts.” Her new series, One Thread, continues to honor the above key elements. The paintings are at once fresh and vibrant, yet profound and poetic. Robin Jones is an artist on the rise, and her work carries a message deserving of an audience. Do not miss an opportunity to see her new series of paintings at Blue Rain Gallery in October. Available Works ... Hosted by Leroy Garcia Produced by Leah Garcia Music by Mozart Gabriel Abeyta