Artwork copyright Roger Jones. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Ravine Stream, 1992

Roger Jones
(American, born 1941)

Location: Harbour Pointe Middle School, Mukilteo

ABOUT THE ARTWORK

Ravine Stream is a figurative landscape painting by artist Roger Jones. He painted the composition entirely from imagination. The artist notes, “I had an autumn painting in mind when I sat down to compose this work. I enjoyed working with bright rich colors that dramatize the play of light.”

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Mukilteo 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.