Mitch Jones grew up in the beach towns south of Los Angeles, known as the South Bay, where he immersed himself in typical beach activities like surfing, swimming, and boogie boarding. Spending his youth day in and day out at the beach provided him with an incredible sense of freedom and opened the world for him to explore. The beach became the first place that influenced his visual creative thought process and later contributed to his artistic development. The ocean, with its horizontal lines created by waves, and the horizon line became elements he observed daily, shaping the initial template for his work.

During his teens, he picked up the guitar, and it was then that he discovered a connection between the shapes and patterns in music and their relationship to those found in nature. This realization had a profound impact on him and became an integral part of his artistic DNA.

As a young adult, after moving to Arizona, he worked for a couple of art galleries and a renowned interior designer. This experience exposed him to a variety of art, as well as textiles, fabrics, rugs, and tapestries, often filled with vibrant colors, patterns and stories, which fascinated and inspired him. Shortly thereafter he started collecting old documents, ledgers, journals, and maps. Incredible found material with diverse informative content which became the foundation for his first collage paintings and served as visual metaphors, adding hidden meaning that developed into stories of their own.

The use of old papers and documents is a means to visually drive home repeated themes and remind us that the future contains the past.

In his current series the compositions consist of color blocking along with mixed media incorporating fabrics and textiles. Throughout his artistic journey, he has consistently viewed his works as woven documents and testaments to his personal exploration and growth.

We are often a society that does not seem to look far beyond the surface of things. He wants his art to speak to that.

Mitch is currently working in his Los Angeles Studio!