Biography

Born in Hampton, Virginia in 1946, where he still resides, James Warwick Jones studied painting with Jack Whitney Clifton from 1959 to 1962. He continued his studies with Will Barnet, Hobson Pittman, Walter Stuempfig and others at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia from 1965 to 1968. After attending the University of Pennsylvania, he transferred to Old Dominion University in Norfolk, where he received a bachelor of science degree in secondary art education, graduating magna cum laude in 1971. After teaching art in the Hampton Public Schools for five years, he spent the next three years devoting full time to painting. In 1979, he began working at the Peninsula Fine Arts Center in Newport News. In 2005 he became Gallery Manager of The Charles H. Taylor Arts Center in Hampton, Virginia. His work is represented in over twenty corporate and public collections, including the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Phillip Morris Inc., the City of Williamsburg, Portsmouth Museums, and the Tidewater Artists Association. He has exhibited in many solo, group, and juried exhibitions including Virginia Artists at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; Central South Art Exhibition, Nashville; and Peninsula Fine Arts Center Juried Exhibitions. He is the recipient of over one hundred awards, including Best Traditional Painting, Virginia Beach Boardwalk Art Show; the Mariner's Museum Award, James River Juried; Best in Show and Mayor's Award, Bay Days Juried Exhibition; and PFAC Award, Peninsula Fine Arts Center.

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