Examples of Chinese Ornament by Owen Jones

Owen Jones was born in Barry, South Wales, and lived there until he was 18 years old, when he moved to Portsmouth to study Russian. He relocated to s'Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, after earning his degree and resided there for ten years. Owen returned to Barry at the age of 32 to work for his family's construction company, first as a painter, then as a director. When he notified his local bank that he had been promoted to 'painter and director,' they corrected him, stating, 'No, you mean a 'painter and decorator.' For ten years, he was also the office manager.

Owen relocated to Thailand at the age of 50 to live with a Thai female he met while on vacation there. He married her and now lives in her birth hamlet in distant northern Thailand's rice belt. 'Born in the Land of Song, living in the Land of Smiles,' as Owen puts it.