Jon Flaming lives with his wife and business partner, Kathy in Texas. Jon & Kathy’s children and grandchildren all live close by. Jon was born in Wichita, Kansas in 1962 and moved to Dallas with his family in 1968. Frequent visits to his grandparents Kansas ranch made a strong impression on him and it was here that Jon first experienced small town America and the surrounding rural landscape and began to capture its unique character with his camera and sketchbook. In 1985 Jon graduated from Texas State University with a bachelor's degree in design and for 30 years created award-winning images and branding campaigns for many clients including Neiman Marcus, PepsiCo and American Airlines. - His design work has been recognized and published by numerous organizations including
Communication Arts, Print Magazine, Graphis and The Society of Illustrators. In 2017, Jon left the design world to pursue fine art full time. Primarily self-taught, Jon's work has been influenced by a number of artists including William Lester, Everett Spruce, Otis Dozier, Stuart Davis and Marsden Hartley. Jon works in oil, acrylic and found materials. His subjects are the people and places of the west - specifically west Texas - and his canvases are big and bold, much like the Lone Star State. Over the past several years, Stetson, Tecovas, The John Wayne Family and YETI have partnered with Jon and licensed his work to help promote their brands. Jon’s modern interpretation of the Western genre has earned him a loyal following of fans and collectors. His fine art resides in the collection of The Amon
Carter Museum in Fort Worth, the Tyler Museum of Art, The Grace Museum in Abilene, the San Angelo Museum of Fine Art and the Museum of the Southwest in Midland. His work has been exhibited at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City and is also in many private and public collections and has been exhibited in numerous solo and group gallery shows. This fall, Jon will be be having shows at The Museum of the Big Bend in Alpine, Texas and also The Citadelle Museum in Canadian, Texas.
Photo Credit: Kathy Flaming
