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Louis Jones Puts His Art In The Whole World’s Hands

He’s been held in a million hands, tossed on hundreds of beds and left in countless airports. He is Louis Jones, prolific artist and illustrator of no less than eight New York Times bestseller book covers or frontispiece illustrations–and you’ve likely given him much of the same treatment… VIEW ARTICLE FROM HAMPTON ROADS MAGAZINE>>  

The Rain Painter Takes A Bow

On a rainy afternoon in May, Louis Jones drove his van to Old Dominion University’s Foreman Field. A fence barred him from entering or peering through, so he pulled himself up to look over. He made half a dozeN trips between the fence and his van, where he sketched two drawings to submit for the […]

Louis Jones illustrates John Grisham’s “A Painted House”

To Louis Jones, it seemed a simple assignment. Draw a house. Heck, go ahead and paint a house. After all, that was the title of the book he was illustrating: “A Painted House”. This is not just any book. It’s a John Grisham book. John Grisham of “The Firm”, “The Pelican Brief” and a shelf-full […]