DJones is a Certified Bob Ross Instructor. He started painting wet-on-wet technique in 1980 with Bob Ross teacher and mentor, Bill Alexander, till he handed his brush over to Bob Ross in 1983. DJones followed and painted to the Bob Ross show till his death from lymphoma in 1995.
He continued to paint the wet-on-wet technique and in 2014 got certified as a Bob Ross Instructor at The Bob Ross Studio in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. The same studio that Bob Ross held his own classes.
Since then, DJones has set up classes and traveled to teach the Bob Ross Method of Oil Painting. He has had numerous shows and classes in the Chicagoland areas, Wisconsin and now in Sedona, Arizona.
