▁Wel sh ▁water col our ▁artist ▁who ▁was ▁inspired ▁by ▁the ▁natural ▁world ▁and ▁in ▁particular ▁by ▁references ▁to ▁nature ▁in ▁D yl an ▁Thomas ' ▁poetry ; ▁he ▁often ▁painted ▁images ▁of ▁plant ▁life , ▁and ▁the ▁sun . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁and ▁education ▁Jones ▁grew ▁up ▁on ▁a ▁farm , ▁called ▁Wer nd ew , ▁in ▁P embro kes hire . ▁As ▁a ▁youth ▁he ▁went ▁to ▁school ▁in ▁what ' s ▁now ▁known ▁as ▁' yr ▁Hen ▁Y sg ol ' ▁in ▁D inas ▁Cross ▁and ▁then ▁Fish guard ▁Gram mar , ▁where ▁he ▁was ▁head ▁boy . ▁▁ ▁After ▁teacher ▁training ▁college ▁in ▁Sw anse a , ▁Stan ▁Jones ▁studied ▁art ▁at ▁Tr inity ▁University ▁College ▁in ▁Car mar then ▁( 1 9 5 0 – 1 9 5 2 ), ▁where ▁he ▁was ▁taught ▁by ▁Robert ▁Hunter , ▁Card iff ▁School ▁of ▁Art ▁& ▁Design ▁and ▁then ▁from ▁ 1 9 5 7 ▁to ▁ 1 9 5 8 ▁by ▁Est her ▁Gra inger . ▁ ▁From ▁ 1 9 7 1 ▁to ▁ 1 9 7 2 ▁he ▁did ▁a ▁years ' ▁Art ▁Cour se ▁at ▁M idd les ex ▁Poly techn ic ▁( now ▁M idd les ex ▁University ). ▁ ▁Career ▁Jones ▁was ▁a ▁pro l ific ▁artist ▁but ▁his ▁early ▁interest ▁was ▁in ▁wood cut s ▁and ▁l ino ▁prints . ▁Then ▁he ▁began ▁painting ▁with ▁insp iration ▁from ▁D yl an ▁Thomas ' ▁poetry ▁and ▁was ▁inspired ▁to ▁paint ▁over ▁ 1 0