Much of Graham Jones’ life has been consumed with some sort of artistic venture covering the genres of music, writing and design, where he forged successful careers in all three areas. He is well-known throughout Australia for his award-winning home design company GRAHAM JONES DESIGN. After selling his company in 2006 he became design consultant to the Royal Family in Abu Dhabi, where he worked for seven years. It wasn’t until 2015, Graham chose painting as his full-time career. A prolific painter Graham has completed more than 450 works. Graham has worked out of Southern Buoy Studios in Mornington and held successful solo and joint exhibitions at established galleries including two solo exhibitions in 2019 and 2023 at Nissarana Galleries Mornington Victoria. After an overwhelming response from 1500 artists from 25 different countries, Graham Jones was selected as an “Artist in Residence” at the stunning Chateau d’Orquevaux in Champagne-Ardenne, France during May 2018 and has been invited back to participate in September 2019. Graham’s painting “Bay of Fires” was chosen by Deborah Trudeau, the President of the IWF (International Women’s Forum) for the design of a silk scarf by Australian fashion Designer Lisa Barron which became the centre piece of the 2018 IWF World Conference held in Melbourne in May 2018. Primarily landscape based, Graham’s paintings walk the line nicely between realism and abstraction. He has embraced the two genres of landscape based impressionism and complete abstraction and these can be distinctly seen in many of his works. An avid traveler, his works (always in series) are reflective of his journeys, often with subliminal undertones, as in his series “Beyond the Veil – Trip to Tassie” and one of his newer exhibitions “Above the Treeline” is based upon years of skiing in mountainous regions around the world. His attitude is carefree, his style, loose. As a Designer, he was a trailblazer in the use of exotic and interesting building materials and hence he brings this quality also to his paintings by experimenting with natural and man-made materials, adding a variety of textures to his palette. His works are held in private collections throughout Australia, the USA, France, Hungary, Netherlands, Indonesia and the United Arab Emirates.