DAN JONES

Dan Jones is native to Bay Area. He is a self-taught artist who has the rare talent of capturing emotions through his creation.

Dan has a wide range of both mediums and subjects, including Charcoals to Acrylics, Portraits to Murals. He continues to work hard at his never-ending attempts to master the brush. Patience has been the key to his ever changing artwork.

Please take some time to enjoy the artwork on this website and feel free to click on the "email Dan" under the 'Information & Special Events' tab. Share your questions, comments and observations. Have fun!

"I always knew I wanted to be an artist, from the time I was a small child.  I can remember my grandmother telling me her neighbor was an ‘artist’.  Not knowing what an ‘artist’ looked like, I was intrigued and curious.  When we went to my grandma’s house, I would always try to peek next door to get a glimpse of the ‘artist’, wondering what I could look like some day.

One day I finally met the ‘artist’, her name was Mille, she was very short, stooped over in a floral print housecoat, clunky black shoes with a silver bun on top of her head.  In retrospect, I am thankful all artists don’t look the same!" -Dan

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The most recent 'Dog Series', was inspired by Dan's absolute love for "Man's Best Friend". The beautiful, funny, sad and sometimes charmingly pathetic expressions he sees in the face of one of his best friends, Bailey (pictured here) has inspired Dan to do this series. He has since successfully captured the souls of many four legged friends.

After a long run of mostly Charcoals and Black and White Portraits see 'Famous & Autographed', the color world caught Dan's eye and it was off to the store for some paint and brushes.

It was several years ago, when Dan got the news that his friend's application for adoption was approved. With a big blind leap into his never before explored territory of painting, Dan got to work creating a mural for the friends new Nursery, including life size jungle animals.

Dan was later commissioned to do other private homes & nurseries.

Included in Dan's works is a collection of celebrity, autographed portraits, which he has drawn over the years.

It started as a hobby with his first charcoal portrait of Donna Summer, done on a piece of brown cardboard from an old moving box. It has grown into a fine collection of portraits, some of which are hanging in the homes of the celebrities.

While he worked hard at it, the artwork seemed to come naturally for Dan. The hobby became more about the hunt of the autograph and less about the portrait itself. Over the years, Dan's ever-growing appreciation for art has turned his focus to new subjects and the autograph 'hobby' took a back seat.

While perusing the portraits on this page, note the drawing utensils scattered between the pictures. These are the actual pencils used in many of the portraits you see here.

Years ago, Dan started drawing his own personalized Christmas cards.  It all started as a silly mouse getting into some kind of holiday mischief.  He would draw the outline, copy it on a copy machine and then color each one in by hand with felt tipped pens.  Years later, this mouse was named Chrismouse and it appears every year, sometimes with its mouse friends, but always involved in some type of holiday fun, wishing everyone the best of the holiday season.

Joan Crawford

Marilyn Monroe

Sophia Loren

Charcoal on Canvas...BIG Canvas

Dan created this collection for a new show at StealTown, but donated the art to a local philanthropist who was raising money for Aids research and prevention. They were auctioned off on line, with all the proceeds going to SF Aids Foundation.

Humphrey Bogart

Lucille Ball