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Journeys
from Home Main
"This
series of sheds are from memories of my travels around the countryside
of Maine with my family. Sheds are often solitary, some dilapidated,
some housing families. Sheds are certainly man-made artifacts. Utilitarian
in intent, yet sheds often have an informal, almost improvisational
air about them. They are their own catalogs of their use and wear.
I locate sheds in the paintings in stark, simple landscapes, where
a bluntly colored sky, a plane body of water, and earth, both at
the surface and under, come together. The effect I am after in these
paintings is a balance between a sense of enclosure and exterior,
between decay and natural growth. At the same time, the classic
structure of the landscape contrasts with the somewhat disheveled
casualness of the shed."
- Sheep
Jones |
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| Sheep
Jones was born and grew up in Maine. She studied art at the University
of Portland. She works in watercolor, oil, and etching, and she has
exhibited her paintings and prints in several solo and group shows
and galleries in Washington, DC; Alexandria, Virginia; Portsmouth,
New Hampshire; and Portland, Maine. She teaches watercolor at the
Art League School, and the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria. She splits
her time between living in the Washington, DC area and in Belfast,
Maine. |
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-Landlocked
--Oil
on panel
--12 x 12 in. |
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-Shelters
--Oil
on panel
--12 x 12 in. |
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-How
Does One Approach
--Oil
on panel
--12 x 12 in. |
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-Enshrine
--Oil
on panel
--12 x 12 in. |
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-Threnody
--Oil
on panel
--12 x 12 in. |
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