polly jones~ an american artist
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POLLY JONES
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• Graduated from Abilene Christian University with a fine arts degree ( B.F.A.)
• She went on to do some graduate studies at the University of Arkansas.
• After college she moved to Tennessee to teach at both the elementary and collegiate levels.
• She married an artist and has a couple daughters
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• her paintings have been collected throughout the United States and internationally.
• Most of her artwork comes from a continuing passion for still lives.
• Polly finds this subject matter full of possibilities for exploring the small wonders of our everyday experience.
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The Goal
• Making paintings and mixed media work is how she explores light, color and the everyday small wonders around me.
• Many pieces are made by combining old bits of children's dictionaries, vintage papers, and maps as a part of my paintings.
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A Commission
This is a little 6" square commission I did a while ago. It was meant as a present for someone being taken to the U.S. Open, so I didn't want to show it beforehand
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• At first I had no idea how I could make a picture of a ball interesting.
• It ended up being a lot of fun. • I used the shadows to interplay
with the s curves inside the ball; this helped offset the static nature of a circle inside of a square.
• Sometimes it’s enough to just paint a version of what’s before me. Other times I use collage as a way of expanding the image. Text is woven into the paint like the million influences and thoughts that permeate the act of looking.
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Our Assignment
• This requires paper, paint, glue stick and paint brushes all in a flurry together. It can get kind of crazy.
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