Contemporary nostalgia Technology has had a profound influence on the art world in the past two decades but, for Auckland artist Ross Jones, tech is now largely redundant.It’s an interesting stance for an artist who once specialised in digital illustration,...
My Story Celebrating 150 episodes of the @creativematterspodcast! Ross Jones @rossjones.nz is a painter creating works that evoke a heady sense of nostalgia and elevated playfulness, living in Snells Beach on the east coast north of Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland....
Alice lies stretched along the warm edge of the pool, her body relaxed, her chin resting on the tiles. The water below her is impossibly blue, and it is filled—quite absurdly—with tennis balls. They drift and bob, some half-submerged, some catching the light just...
We all start with a blank canvas. Every artist develops their style. But what is a style? How do we make it our own? There are ways you can intentionally work on finding your art style, but this might sound overwhelming and scary. I often hear the frustration of...
Extinction A toy can hold a whole universe in its hollow body. In Extinction, that universe is both vivid and doomed, as if childhood wonder has been drafted into service to carry the weight of the adult world. A strange creature — the last of its kind — stands on the...
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