His work embraces lyrical celebrations of the South African coast – he lives in Fish Hoek, Cape Town, close to both mountains and sea. His passion for nature and the ideal of cosmic harmony have continued to sustain his being and fuel his creativity.

His recent exhibition, My Mystic Muse, at the Cape Gallery in Church Street, revealed how his art serves both as an expression of his spirituality, and as a psychic aphrodisiac whetting the spiritual appetites of the viewer. Buried beneath the beguiling painterly surfaces there is always an occult subtext in which symbol and metaphor invoke the invisible divine order that underlies mundane day-to-day reality.

Simon Jones’ characters are all alter-egos of the artist – questing spirits and seekers after truth, and he maintains that his painting ‘Mouse Manoeuvres’ represents three dysfunctional siblings surfing the net in search of the insights that might dissolve their antagonisms. The computer is hidden behind the flowers and only the red and black mice are visible at right. They illustrate the artist’s belief that, as technology is not wired to the soul, it cannot resolve emotional problems. He satirises the notion of gadgetry as a path to wisdom by equipping the cat with a blue mouse. The cat too is online, parodying the actions of her masters.

Contact Simon Jones – tel: 021 785 2509 or email: address:srjones@zsd.co.za

January/February 2012 Issue

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