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Show Page 38-T- HE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Thursday, December 14. His Sketches Are Sad But In Demand By TOMMY M. G EDDIE -- Nathan DALLAS (UPIi Jones is used to people calling his drawings "sad " or "depressing," but these same people seem to buy ever) thing he can produce. Jones' black and white pencil t C OB?P??5f$C v."!? . . . YOU CAM STIU. Will I A sketches are realistic, painstakingly detailed portraits c everyday life among poor blacks. They have titles such as "Homeless" and "Ghetto Boys." "People come up and they 'My, your pictures are sad,' or, 'My, they're depressing,'" he said. "But before they say, nC leave the damn show, they end up buying one of them. "Now 1 c.;n t understand this. If they're so depressing and so heartbreaking, why do they buy I W NV!5s. tiv. i ti SLS "T7wiil' e- I -, :Tu 1 ze 3) sot, j ROMEX SMg ja?r tL y happy." Studied Nine Years Jones studied art for nine years at the Columbus College of Art and Design and the University of Texas at Arlington. He has been drawing for as long as he can remember, almost since he moved with his family to Dallas from Shreve-por- t, La., when he was about 3 years old. "I can't tell you when I drew my first picture. But I can tell you probably when I got real interested in it, and that's when I was in elementary school. I was drawing more than I was doing my homework, and I got into quite a bit of trouble for I and and "yi Timt IfX) (1 your yoor NOW CPFflAl Reg. I x L ) V l I I 1 it." Jones' "Ghetto Boys," which shows four youngsters sleeping in a huddle and is captioned, "We sleep anywhere, parks, junkyards... anywhere," i s , priced at $21,000. From his paintings and prints vary to as little as $25. "I've sayed in school for nine, years, ane I feel like I that-peak- have done this not just for myself, but for t e society in which I live." he said. riiK V .toraoaoftnoso sKf homo-rw-lr Bac( tocklo, ate. Rag. 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"They fried so hard until the bones become brittle, and they can eat the bones along with the small fish. She's made a small catch and she's real V Ai J V BUlBS full 250- - roll V ,non,y 01 hav. Soman . And horn..! Ji Red. wlr d njjb ff Colorful and safe! Green and Unbreakable all vinyl plug connector. Heayyuly cord double insulation make Christmas brighter and safer. Actual Person is called "This drawing "Seven Days a Week" because this woman she is an actual person actually works seven days a week. She has very little time off. This is why she is in that particular position, and expressing that mood," Jones said. you one that we could consider as as happy. It is called 'A Day on the Bayou.' "Now, if you were fishing down by the bayou, and you made a catch, you would probably express some happi- .. 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I can put down a feeling, more or less, (that espresses than more) just drawing something and saying I've done a good painting." A drawing titled "Seven Days a Week," one of the dozens of paintings V I ELECTRIC HEAT TAPE I S A 1 Mi Xi W&M KJ jCaJff VjTTftV A ill 30, said he sells all the watercolors pencil drawings, and oils he can do. He has sold his work to former President and to Lyndon B. Jonson, prominent blacks from Dallas-coun- try and western singer Charlie Pride, former welterweight boxing champion Curtis Cokes and national television sports commentator Frank Clarke. Ramond St. Jacques, movie director, actor and producer, owns some of Jones' work. "I don't know what's going on in this world, but, white and, f Win host Breat gito end surprises rom oor Christmas Treasure Chest. Surprise the whole family! Ulminoto Urn domnoo M gmtun, liowiMfxxtv ptfwt. and noH. kMfl dratnaa Iroo W owing. l Iconomkfd I Install. ltoW in m stowing ouii V them?" 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