Jones' portfolio | contact the artist article: Spring 2005
Jill Jones holds degrees from the University of South Carolina and Converse College. Working primarily in oil and pastel, she has had work included in exhibitions juried by such prestigious curators as Lillian Tone of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Dr. Stephanie Heydt of the High Museum in Atlanta and internationally-known artist and illustrator Sue Coe. Her work has garnered numerous awards, including Best of Shows from Upstate Visual Arts in Greenville, SC, the Anderson County Juried Exhibition in Anderson, SC and the Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg, SC. Jones focuses on landscapes, painting largely from memory of a childhood spent in the rural Upstate of South Carolina. The scenes are pointedly simple – fields overtaken by kudzu, forgotten peach orchards and rambling treelines – and recall long days spent on horseback exploring her surroundings. Jones has been represented since 2002 by Elder Gallery in Charlotte, where she has been featured in both solo and two-person shows as well as regular gallery exhibitions. Her work is included in private, corporate and university collections across the United States.