Polly Jones is a painter who graduated from Abilene Christian University with a B.F.A. in fine arts. She went on to do graduate studies at the University of Arkansas and now teaches art at both the elementary and collegiate levels in Tennessee. Her still life paintings have been collected throughout the US and internationally, often incorporating old papers, maps, and text into her pieces to explore light, color, and everyday objects.

1. POLLY JONES

2. • 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

3. • 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.

4. 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.

5. 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

6. • 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.

7. Our Assignment
• This requires paper,
paint, glue stick and
paint brushes all in a
flurry together. It can
get kind of crazy.