Casey's Arts and Framing LLC

John W. Jones was born in 1950 in Columbia, S.C. He began drawing early in his childhood. He was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1970 and while in the military, he served in the Vietnam War and also took illustration classes in military School.

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Jones’ goal as a fine artist is to paint the African American experience starting with the slave trade in Africa, through the Middle Passage and pre-civil war era, and contrast it with African Americans today. His most acclaimed work was the “Confederate Currency: The Color of Money” series which investigates the importance of slavery in the economy of the South. He has painted a series on the Buffalo Soldiers and the 54th Massachusetts regiments and is currently working on two projects that focus on the story of the historic Penn School and the Gullah people in South Carolina and African Americans in the Military.

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His work is in several private and public collections including the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce, the City of Charleston, and the College of Charleston.