Herb Jones : Poet with a Paintbrush: an Illustrated History of His Art

Those of us who live in the Tidewater of the Mid-Atlantic, especially around Hampton Roads, Virginia, easily recognize Herb Jones' paintings. We live beneath "Herb Jones skies" whenever the cold air returns in the autumn and the heavens are ruled by wind-driven clouds. Our hearts skip a beat when we watch a trailing "vee" of geese waft down to settle gracefully on our waters, and we suffer a twinge of nostalgia when we see the lonely remains of a deserted dwelling struggling to stand against the gathering storms for one more season. Herb Jones' mastery of such subjects allowed him to touch our souls with his.

Barbara Jones Jones married Herb Jones when she was 19 years old. She began the life on an artist's wife and would become chief executive officer of Herb Jones Art Studio, promoting and selling her husband's 5,000 originals and half million prints to an international public for over 50 years. A graduate of Old Dominion University, Jones Jones is listed in the National Register's Who's Who in Executives and Professionals and received Woman of the Year in 2004 from the American Biographical Institute. She continues to direct the Herb Jones Art Studio in Norfolk, Virginia.