embro kes hire ▁where ▁I ▁was ▁surrounded ▁by ▁re lic s ▁of ▁ancient ▁history . ▁Con sequently , ▁some ▁of ▁my ▁works ▁are ▁based ▁on ▁C elt ic ▁Cross es ▁and ▁C rom le chs ▁Although ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁paint ings ▁are ▁in ▁water col our , ▁I ▁find ▁working ▁in ▁mixed ▁media ▁quite ▁interesting ▁and ▁stim ulating ▁. ▁In ▁some ▁cases , ▁there ▁is ▁an ▁element ▁of ▁the ▁[ print making ] ▁technique ▁appearing . ▁This ▁mixing ▁of ▁media ▁may ▁be ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁teaching ▁ ▁of ▁Art ▁ ▁and ▁Design ▁in ▁a ▁Com pre h ensive ▁school . ▁ ▁Al un ▁Williams , ▁School ▁Museum ▁Officer ▁in ▁Art , ▁National ▁Museum ▁of ▁Wales , ▁had ▁this ▁to ▁say ▁about ▁ ▁Jones : ▁" St an ▁Jones ▁expl ores ▁difficult ▁art istic ▁terrain . ▁On ▁one ▁side ▁he ▁sk ir ts ▁the ▁complex , ▁sometimes ▁im pen et rable ▁thick ets ▁of ▁Ang lo - Wel sh ▁verse , ▁on ▁the ▁other ▁he ▁borders ▁the ▁ent icing ▁but ▁tre acher ous ▁domain ▁of ▁the ▁painter ' s ▁craft . ▁His ▁mission ▁is ▁to ▁keep ▁to ▁the ▁path , ▁to ▁t read ▁the ▁narrow ▁way ▁which ▁div ides ▁yet ▁joins ▁them . ▁ ▁For ▁him ▁words ▁create ▁an ▁image . ▁ ▁A ▁phrase ▁pr un ed ▁from ▁trailing ▁anth ology ▁becomes ▁a ▁met ap hor ▁to ▁be ▁app ra ised ▁vis ually . ▁There ▁can ▁be ▁no ▁exact ness ▁in ▁such ▁translation . ▁We ▁judge ▁them ▁intuit ively . ▁The ▁routine ▁tasks ▁which