Underwood's Jeffrey Catherine Jones books
   The Art Of Jeffrey Jones
   Age Of Innocence - The Romantic Art of Jeffrey Jones
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The Art Of Jeffrey Jones (2002) (edited by Arnie & Cathy Fenner) This book is the best presentation of Jones's art seen yet by this site. The chapters that serve as groupings of the paintings (there is a handful of finished drawings as well) are: Fantasy Art, Science Fiction, Comic Art, Nightshade, Primitives, Puritan, and The Graces. Out of the 160 pages, 147 each feature a large reproduction with 31 of those being glorious full-bleeds. Know also that 30 of those same pages are used to present 15 double-page-spreads (of which, admirably, only one flunks out in that format) and that there are a few other exhibits that present long works nicely held to a single page. The are also another 11 pages which are dominated by multiple images on display, as well as all of the six text-dominant pages have smaller examples of the art, some being examples that Jones shares as being influences. A few last pages are given over to photographs and sequential-art. The artist's career to that point is reviewed and you'll find here depictions of natives, romans, sailors, barbarians, warriors, vikings, knights, bedouins, cowboys, indians, insect-riders, space travelers, conjurers, maidens, sacrifices, ephemeral gods, animated skeletons, demons, wildlife, dinosaurs, the undead, mermaids, angels, aliens, vampires, mummies and monsters, with Batman, Solomon Kane & Tarzan putting in multiple appearances too. Some of the men and [mostly] women, especially those in the 'fine-art' works, are nude or semi-nude. Overall, a very impressive collection of works by an artist placed by many in the top echelons of those dispensing with the unnecessary details of realism.

Age Of Innocence - The Romantic Art of Jeffrey Jones (1994) So this book lands significantly below THE ART OF JEFFREY JONES, but with only six repeats from it. Note that as a thinner book, there are fewer pages given over to commentary and none of Jones' sequential art is displayed (not surprising, as most of the book seems focused on the artist's post-illustration career). The book is 48 pages and 41 of those are dedicated to large reproductions of his color pieces (along with another couple of pages each with a number of smaller images). Included in those is one double-page spread which remains satisfying even with the book's gutter. The three pages of text that there are seem to serve as a suitable introduction. As mentioned above, this 1994 collection seems intent on gathering later works up to that year. There is a nice diversity in styles throughout and the selected pieces hew closer to what most people might term 'fine art'. Nudity is in no short supply, but, again, never straying beyond the boundaries found in 'fine art'. And not just body-studies - all of the subjects are residing in some etherial world that's not our own. Don't look for captioning or anecdotes, but I'd comment that in the specific absence of those, the calligraphic book-title/artist-name page-footer, that every art page has, seems to grow more annoying as you continue to peruse.