Leighton Jones Urchin, Signed, Oil Painting on Board Excellent condition, Guarantee, Signed Start Price USD 12,000.00 Current Price USD 12,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, August 27, 2008 End Time Wednesday, September 03, 2008 Location Loveland, Colorado See more about 'Leighton Jones Urchin, Signed, Oil Painting on Board' Description   The Barry Leighton-Jones painting was required back in San Francisco City in the early 1980's, inherited.  It is original Leighton Jones oil painting one of his urchins paintings on board, signed, exellent condition, 33" X 22" wide. http://www.leighton-jones.com/index.htm   This below came from the Leighton Jones website and the chart below.   At the age of 75, Jones is still active and accepts commissions for anywhere from 5,000 BP and higher. Keep in mind that ,     "Leighton-Jones works with spontaneity, but also with the ideas of clear and precise statement so his art never lacks feeling or depth and the best of L-J's paintings are charged with a poetic sensibility, rhythm and emotion. He also has an instinctive grasp of human psychology, although if you asked him he’d find it difficult to explain this gift, and this fascination with the layers of the psyche has allowed him to produce images that have an immense immediate appeal but which are also constructed around many deeper levels of meaning.   "These unique and instantly recognizable paintings of children 'dressed down', always with 'serious' expressions, are the rarest and sought after by collectors. The images capture street kids and children dressed as adults.   "These works celebrate the spirit of children of all ages and from all backgrounds.  These pictures have a universal appeal, capture the spontaneity and freshness of their make-believe worlds, and at the same time reawaken the viewer’s personal memories of childhood with their simplicity, honesty and sincerity. They evoke the fantasy, mischief and pleasure that children derive from their endless imaginations. Children at play try to know what it’s like to be grown up, older, wiser, braver and independent, and by putting on mummy’s dress and high-heeled shoes, or daddy’s uniform, they step into the adult world which then becomes safe, harmless, less."   Chart below is a value charting on Barry Leighton-Jones paintings,                               The English artist, Barry Leighton Jones at the age of 75, who he  is still active and accepts commissions for anywhere from 5,000 BP and higher, which is $10,000 in U.S. dollars. Notable collectors of his works include King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, Margaret Thatcher, Lord Arden, and The Ringling Brothers Museum in Sarasota. Place a Bid!