Leonard Jones Leonard Jones was born at home in the early 1950ís in Lincoln County, Georgia, and continues to live there today. His old, tin roof farmhouse lacks electricity and running water, but Jones enjoys the simple life.

In school, he made his first painting, but had to quit to support himself as a laborer for several years. Eventually, he rediscovered his talent and love for painting and has since become a successful artist. On roofing tin, spread out on the ground, Jones paints scenes that are inspired by childhood memories and his immediate surroundings. Some of his favorite subjects are fishermen on the Savannah River, blues musicians, and the local community. He uses latex house paint and a large brush for the expansive areas of color but adds details and outlines for figures or objects with broken sticks dipped in paint, or often, his fingers.

Recently Jones popularity has greatly increased. He has been featured in gallery shows and at the House of Blues.

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