Barry Owen Jones was born in London. He attended the Hornsey College of Art 1950-55 and studied etching under Norman Janes. Elected Associate RE (Royal Society of Painter Printmakers) 1979. Fellow 1982. Associate RWS (Royal Watercolour Society) 1982, Fellow 1986. He exhibited regularly RWS & RE and at the Bankside Gallery. Works held at the Guernsey Museum and Art Gallery and at the South London Art Gallery among other public and private collections wordwide.