Artwork copyright Roger Jones. Photo courtesy of the artist, 1994.

Cronies Across Creek, 1993

Roger Jones
(American, born 1941)

Location: Samish Elementary, Sedro-Woolley

ABOUT THE ARTWORK

Cronies Across Creek is a figurative landscape painting by artist Roger Jones. The painting depicts two Holstein cows looking at two birds in a richly detailed scene. The artist notes, “I have had an ongoing fascination with cows since about 1975… In addition, my childhood memories come into play as I grew up in Eastern Washington near relatives’ farms and pasturelands. The summer season is clearly an important element, especially with the willow trees in their fullest state.”

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Sedro-Woolley 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.