Ross Jones

Visual Artist
Snells Beach, Northland

Ross Jones is a contemporary New Zealand painter known for his narrative-driven works that blend realism with subtle surrealism. His paintings often feature nostalgic scenes, vintage objects and everyday characters that appear familiar yet quietly enigmatic. Through these carefully composed moments, Jones invites viewers to pause and consider the stories unfolding within the image.

Working with a cinematic sense of composition and atmosphere, Jones builds scenes that feel both timeless and slightly dreamlike. Ordinary settings become stages for unexpected details, humour or symbolism, encouraging the viewer to interpret their own narrative. This balance between the recognisable and the surreal has become a defining characteristic of his work.

The limited edition prints available through Ashe present faithful reproductions of Jones’s original paintings, allowing collectors to experience the detail, storytelling and atmosphere of his work in large gallery-sized formats. Each print captures the distinctive tone and imagination that has made Ross Jones one of New Zealand’s most recognisable contemporary painters.