Ivan Maxwell Jones

Some of my earliest memories are of magical woodland walks, from the start, painting and nature have been inseparable for me.

I grew up in Norwich, Norfolk, with a love of both the arts and the outdoors. At school, my passions for Art and Theatre Studies led to a difficult decision: Art School or a Drama degree? I chose the latter, studying Drama, Film and Television at Bristol University—a path that took me into a career as a television editor, making natural history documentaries for the BBC.

In my early 30s, I returned to study at Bristol School of Art, where my passion for painting was fully reignited. I later moved to Worcestershire, becoming a secondary school art teacher while raising my family in Malvern.

In 2018, I left full-time teaching to focus on my painting practice.