S.L. Jones, Portrait of a Man and Horse

Ink and watercolor portrait depicting a female figure and her horse, matted in a simple mat and signed lr.

13" ht. x 17" wd.

S.L. Jones 1901-1997 of West Virginia. After his first wife's death and retirement from 45 years with the C&O Railroad, S.L. Jones took to playing the fiddle and carving --- carving fantastic fiddle players and life sized busts of people and animals sometimes painted and stained. In the 1980's he added pencil and crayon drawings often featuring prominent lips and on his horses the "sliding eye." After a stroke in the early 1990's his drawings took on a "scratchy" quality with less color and definition. This Horse Woman drawing from 1989 predates his stroke and has wonderful coloration and detail. Ref: Smithsonian Archives. S.L. Fiddle players grace the cover of Chuck Rosenak's 1996 book "Contemporary American Folk Art."

From the lifetime collection of living folk artist Dewey Blocksma, Beulah, Michigan. Blocksma acquired most pieces directly from the artists.
Condition Report: There are two minor black blemishes on the left hand portion of the work