Olwen Jones was born in London and studied at Harrow School of Art and the Royal Academy Schools, further training under the printmaker and illustrator Gertrude Hermes (1901–1983). She has exhibited in the UK since 1971, and is a fellow of both The Royal Watercolour Society and the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers. She has lived and worked near Colchester for many years, married to the late artist Charles Bartlett.
