Derec Jones – Writer and Artist

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  • Crocuses finished on wall

    Crocuses finished on wall

    Framed and ready to roll. This painting will be on display and for sale at The Wholefood Shop in a few days. Not sure about the price yet but I like it a lot so . . . . Related Posts:Crocuses

  • Crocuses

    Crocuses

    Oils on canvas 2017 needs finishing and framing – planning to do it over the Easter weekend It will be on display in The Wholefood Shop after that. Related Posts:Crocuses finished on wall

  • Poem – Twin Towers

    Here is a poem written after the event Twin Towers I was wounded first – the blow caught me in the neck. I couldn’t breathe, then – with a whoosh of fire, my mouth opened and huge clouds of smoke fled out. I didn’t realise I had such energy, such love. I smiled when I […]

  • Skin and Bones – New Novel available now

    Skin and Bones – New Novel available now

    Skin is a taxi driver, Bones is a Detective Inspector. They hate each other but both operate on the same patch, the large ex-industrial town of Elchurch on the South Coast of Wales. A young woman is found dead and they are both drawn into the investigation. But all is not what it seems as […]

  • Skin and Bones – new novel coming soon

    My new novel Skin and Bones will be published soon. It is in the final stages of proofreading. Skin is a taxi driver and his brother Bones is a police detective. They do not get on but since they both operate in the large post-industrial town of Elchurch on the South Wales coast they often […]

  • Coming Out of Lockdown

    Coming Out of Lockdown

    Oil on canvas 15/6/2020 – 60cm x 50cm / 24″ x 20″ Painted between April and June 2020 during the Covid lockdown. On display in The Wholefood Shop Cardiff  and for sale at the right price. The painting was started as a pure abstract, in the sense that there was a blank canvas, a random […]

  • More Reflections in a Bin

    Here’s a short video clip set on/in a bin Taken the same time as the photo in a previous post, i.e. March 16th, at the beginning of lockdown

  • The Flying Boy

    I recently completed writing a new novel. The title of the book is ‘Skin and Bones’ . More news on that soon, but in the meantime here is an update on a major work-in-progress. It’s a book with the working title of ‘The Flying Boy’. The title refers to a recurring dream I used to […]

  • Corona Response Team (Painting)

    Started this at the beginning of lockdown – been fiddling with it since – finally finished it yesterday (April 24 2020) Painted on a charity shop frame and mount Related Posts:Sam – New PaintingMosaic #81022 New Painting

  • Branches and Sun reflected in a bin full of rainwater

    cropped Original Photo

  • Ramble – Podcast

    Ramble – Podcast

    Related Posts:Podcast, September 10th 2022 – Sorrow

  • New Face – Pedro

  • The Creature – a short video about an upcoming play

    This is a short video I made to help promote the upcoming play from Company of Sirens at Chapter Arts in Cardiff Related Posts:Lottery – A short Story

  • Candigirl – acrylic portrait

    here’s Candigirl and here’s Candigirl in a frame Related Posts:Nikki – Portrait of a character

  • It’s a collage

    It’s a collage

    It’s a collage, that’s what it is, it’s a coll-fucking-age

  • writer or painter?

    if I don’t paint I can’t write, in fact if I don’t paint I lose the plot . . . it takes a while, months, sometimes longer, but here it comes again . . . sorry, got to go and paint . . . if anything decent comes out of my forthcoming painting session I’ll […]

  • Random Words of Today Podcast

    Random Words of Today Podcast

    Random Words of Today ***** and while we’re at it, this is another little random podcast from the other day it’s called RE: Tories Left Right etc. ***** and yet another recoded just an hour or so ago this one is Art Light Love Universe ***** Related Posts:Podcast, September 10th 2022 – Sorrow

  • Damn Ants

    Damn Ants

    An extract from ‘To Me’ Damn Ants June 10th, 2006 I had one of those writerly moments earlier; you know, when you have a brilliant idea for a piece of writing; something clever and insightful, something entertaining and wise, something beautiful and exciting, and all encapsulated in the same simple concept. The words blossomed in […]

  • Art Exhibition – Llanover Hall and Behind the Tele

    Here’s a photo of my painting Autumn Show, on the wall in Llanover Hall, Cardiff for their 50th anniversary exhibition . Available to purchase at the special price of £450 until July 26th 2019 Autumn Show – 2016 – acrylic on canvas – 1200mm x 1000mm and here’s a very different painting on the same […]

  • some poetry work-in-progress – podcast

    some poetry work-in-progress – podcast

    Related Posts:Podcast, September 10th 2022 – Sorrow