About the Artist

Court Jones lives in San Diego, California and considers himself constantly walking the line between caricature illustration and fine art. He began drawing caricatures professionally in 1996 at theme parks and private events. But has been traditionally trained in fine art, drawing and painting at the Watts Atelier of the Arts, in Encinitas California, where, incidentally, he now teaches. He currently spends most of his time doing freelance work: painting private commissions, illustrations for publication, and concept design for film and television projects, which he admits, is pretty damn fun.

In additon to teaching at the Watts Atelier, he also occasionally lectures and demonstrates for various artists' groups like the National Caricaturists Network, the Southern California Cartoonists Society, the Imperial Beach Art Kids, the Colored Pencil Society of America and the San Diego Portrait Society. During the winter of 2003, Court was hired to fly to Tokyo and teach caricature techniques to a group of Japanese artists who work for Central-West Entertainment.To see a short video of a digital painting demo he did for the Southern California Cartoonists Society, click here.

Mad Magazine's Tom Richmond illustrated Court Jones on the cover of Exaggerated Features, the official quarterly newsletter of the National Caricaturists Network, shortly after Court won Caricature Artist of the Year from the National Caricaturists Network's 2005 convention. To read more about that, click here.

To download a pdf of the interview, please click HERE

Here is a complete list of awards Court Jones has won at past NCN conventions:

2005

• 1st Place - Caricaturist of the Year (Golden Nosey!)
• 1st Place - Best Portfolio
• 1st Place - Best Studio Caricature
• 2nd Place - Outstanding Exaggerated Style
• 3rd Place - Outstanding Black and White Technique
• 3rd Place - Best Likeness
• 6th and 8th Place - Caricature of the Year (for two separate pieces!)

2004

• 5th Place - Caricaturist of the Year
• 3rd Place - Best Portfolio
• 5th Place - Caricature of the Year

2003

• 4th Place - Caricaturist of the Year
• 3rd Place - Outstanding Cartoon Style

2000

• 9th Place - Caricaturist of the Year
• 3rd Place - Best Likeness

Non-caricature awards

• 1st Place - San Diego Portrait Society January 2007 Signature Group
• 1st Place - San Diego Portrait Society May 2006 Signature Group
• 2nd Place - San Diego Portrait Society 2006 All Member Show
• 3rd Place - San Diego Portrait Society 2005 All Member Show
• 1st Place - San Diego Portrait Society May 2005 Blue Group
• 1st Place - San Diego Portrait Society January 2005 Blue Group

Also, click here to go to Cour'ts illustrations.