About the Artist
I grew up riding horseback along winding trails, through running creeks, up and around rocky paths, and listening to my horse’s rhythmic clopping. I remember feeling the wind swirl my long brown hair and savoring the feel of branches palming my face. In this sacred silence, my hands naturally grabbed at trees and bushes, smelling pine boughs closely--leaving their pungent resin on my fingers, grazing peeling barks, and reaching for blackberries from wild, pregnant bushes. This is why I paint landscape. It is the air I breathe, the dirt, sticks, brush, and bramble I've riden and hiked, and the turbulent storms I crave for their mood inducing power and cooling moisture. Hot, cold, rainy; hurricanes, heat waves, and the blinding whiteness of abundant snow—these sensations I bring you through paint.
An Augusta, Georgia native, Ms. Jones earned a Bachelors of Fine Art in Graphic Design from the University of Georgia, a Masters of Liberal Arts in Fine Art from Spring Hill College, a Masters of Arts in Cinema Studies from Savannah College of Art and Design, and participated in the University of Georgia's Cortona, Italy Summer program. Her studio is in her home and welcomes visitors by appointment.
Exhibition History
Juried Artist: ArtFields 2017
Selected artist: The Hudgens Center for the Arts Juried Show 2016
The Landings Plantation Club Gallery, Artist Show, September 2016
Aridontante, selected exhibitor, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2000
The Design Store, Metarie, Louisiana
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama
Ashland Gallery of Art, Mobile
Shorty Cates‘ Gallery, Fairhope, Alabama
Wolf Gallery, Fairhope
Robert Taylor Gallery, Tampa
Upham Gallery, regular exhibitor, Mobile
Gertrude Herbert Memorial Museum, featured artist
Private portraiture collections by commission
Publication History
The Skinnie Magazine, 2018, featured cover artist
Sidelines Magazine 2015, featured artist
The Skinnie Magazine, Savannah, cover artist, 2019-2014
Mobile Bay Monthly Magazine, featured artist
Mobile Press-Register, featured artist
The Augusta Chronicle-Herald, featured artist
"Reap the Whirlwind," cover artist