There’s always silver in them mountains, always. (2024)

Edition variable of 5.

Size:  61cm x 61cm

Hand-painted, screen-printed giclée print with silver leaf.

The mountain image here is taken from an early 20^thcentury glass negative found by the artist (photographer unknown). The giclée print on Hahnemühle paper has been screen-printed with a blue tint, keeping all the imperfections from the original glass negative, and embellished with silver leaf and hand-painted letters and numbers.

At the heart of Jones’ work is the medium of language itself, which – here – has been re-distributed, shuffled and handed back to us. A positive and inclusive message, he has painted the words I YOU WE US across and within the bottom third of the work. It cannot be misread as either a title or subtitle, but as part of the assemblage of image, process and text. Whether this is a personal, shared or universal statement is left to the viewer to decide.

Suspended in an almost central hierarchical position at the top of the work is a solitary ‘f’ against a backdrop of star-like flecks and the imperfections from the original glass negative. Other letters and numbers float randomly across the mid-ground, also like stars.

Read more about the work of Patrick Adam Jones HERE.

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