Giveaway Winner!

We have a winner for the 2013 pick a pumpkin painting giveaway I had over on my Facebook Page!  She chose "Little Ghost Pumpkin" which seemed to be the overall favorite one mentioned in the comments.  Thank you everyone for emailing me or commenting to enter.  You made it fun!

The Pick Your Pumpkin Painting Giveaway is here!

Warts and All Gourd by Polly Jones

The 2013 Pumpkin Painting Giveaway Lineup

Well, I finally have my paintings lined up for the giveaway I've been talking about forever.  It's very simple, all you have to do is click THIS link to visit my Facebook page.  (please like my page if you haven't already done so) Then make a comment saying which painting you like best.  On Saturday, I'll write them all down and have my husband draw one.  I'll mail it out on Monday unless you live here in Abilene like last years winner.  If you are not on Facebook and want to enter, just comment here on the blog or email me at pollyjonesart@gmail.com 

Little White Pumpkin original mixed media painting by Polly Jones

Little White Pumpkin by Polly Jones

I haven't got my act together about this pumpkin painting giveaway I'm planning.  However, here's another one to be in the lineup of choices.  I'd like to do one more before having the giveaway next week.

4" square acrylic mixed media on a wood panel.

Update on this post:  This was the painting chosen by the giveaway winner.

Coyote Creek landscape painting by Polly Jones

Coyote Creek by Polly Jones

Late in the summer we went camping in New Mexico for a few days.  I mean primitive camping... in a tent without electricity or running water!  One day, tired of fishing, I did this little 8" by 8" acrylic painting of the creek we camped near.  It was a challenge to try to capture the shimmer reflecting off of everything, especially the water.  The mountain air is thinner and the light seems different up there. 

Golden Light Pumpkin painting by Polly Jones

Golden Light Pumpkin by Polly Jones

6" square acrylic mixed media.  On Etsy here.

Early Pumpkin original mixed media still life painting by Polly Jones

Early Pumpkin by Polly Jones

I'm feeling fall now and getting ready for my annual pumpkin painting giveaway.  I had trouble with photographing this for some reason.  It has a softer look in person.

This 4" by 6" acrylic mixed media painting is sold.

Sweet William in a Jar original acrylic painting by Polly Jones

Sweet William in a Jar by Polly Jones

I scavenged some flowers from one of my barely hanging in there pot plants for this.  There's nothing blooming in the yard.  I love the names of flowers and wonder how this one got the name "Sweet William" also known as pinks.  You can see the graph paper and a map table peeking through.  It's a way of referring to the underlying order of life. 

Sold.

Pumpkin painting redo

Noah Project pumpkin painting by Polly Jones

Hello all, it's been so long since I've painted, much less posted anything here.  It's been a crazy, hard time for my family.  We lost both my parents this year.  Knowing they are in a better place makes all the difference... but there's still a big hole here.

This painting is a redo of an older one that never felt quite right.  I can't find the old photo of the old version. It was part of a silent auction for a really great cause called Noah Project.

Raspberries original mixed media painting by Polly Jones

Raspberries by Polly Jones

4" by 4" acrylic and mixed media on cradled wood panel.

It's been almost a month since I have posted anything on this blog!  Creatively, it feels like the wind has been knocked out of me.  I've worked sporadically on some larger paintings and have quite a few drawings in my head that haven't made it to paper.  Don't guess that counts. 

SOLD

Green Grapes and Blue Willow mixed media painting by Polly Jones

Green Grapes and Blue Willow by Polly Jones

I've been suffering from short attention span lately but finally finished this little 8" square still life.  Have any of you out there made a website on Virb?  I've been trying that out with their 14 day trial. I've also been looking at Squarespace.

If you have any advice or links to your websites I would be most thankful:)

Green Grapes and Blue Willow is sold.

Instead of Bonnard, I got patriotic

Inside and Outside by Polly Jones

I've been fiddling with this painting since I got it back after the April art show.  The more I looked at it, the more disenchanted I became.  It just didn't give the sensation of being thrown into another world by staring into the glass pitcher. I just finished a novel by Louise Erdrich, Shadow Tag, in which the characters argued about paintings by Bonnard.  This  reminded me how much I love love love his work...and so I copied a striped tablecloth from one of his paintings.  Still didn't satisfy.  Then I remembered The Red-checkered Tablecloth which I saw in all it's glory at the Musee d'Orsay several years ago.  The problem is, my version looks so red white and blue patriotic.  It's interesting that combinations of colors can have such specific associations. I do think it looks better in person where up close you can see the layers and the texture and all the other colors besides red, white and blue.  I'm letting it sit a while before it decides if it's finished.  These paintings seem to have a mind of their own.

Red and Redder original mixed media painting by Polly Jones

Red and Redder by Polly Jones

If you've been following my work for a while, you may have noticed that I've been doing some small paintings that incorporate pages of poetry and old hymns from my childhood as a part of the image. Church is a big part of my life, and we just don't sing the older songs as often. I miss them. This one has the words "stamp thine own image deep in my heart" embedded in it. After finishing, I realized that the strawberries look like little hearts. 

4" by 5" acrylic painting on gallery wrapped canvas. SOLD

Cherry Stack and a messy studio

A couple of years ago this studio was featured in Studios magazine.  I posted all about it here.  Things have gotten a little out of hand and I'm hoping to do some reorganizing this afternoon.  The painting below sold.

Cherry Stack by Polly Jones

Georgia Peaches original still life acrylic painting by Polly Jones

Georgia Peaches by Polly Jones

Painting the usual suspects and listening to Nancy Griffith.  I hope your Monday has been a good one.

8" square.  SOLD

One Slice original mixed media still life painting by Polly Jones

One Slice by Polly Jones

Do pink and yellow together cheer you up?

Sold.

Slices and Stripes original mixed media painting by Polly Jones

Slices and Stripes by Polly Jones

Stripes get to me. It's so fun to play with thick paint and collage pieces of paper (from a map and the Bible no less) to make a striped pattern. This little blue flow plate with a dragon image is one of my favorites to paint. In fact, it's broken, but I have duct taped it together so I can continue using it for this purpose.  

I tend to have a subconscious that's embarrassingly easy to decipher.  I must have chosen three slices of limes to symbolize our family of three reunited...our daughter is back home after study abroad for a semester!!!
  
4" by 5" acrylic and mixed media on gallery wrapped canvas. Sold.

Cloudy Day Lemon original mixed media painting by Polly Jones

Cloudy Day Lemon by Polly Jones

I've been away from blogging for a while.  A lot has happened.  My brave mother who had struggled with health problems for many years died.  It's been a hard time made better by the faith that she is in a better place. Mixed in with the grief is a joy over all the blessings that have come in the shape of family and friends surrounding us.

Reception during ArtWalk tonight!

Carnival Glass by Polly Jones

30" x 40" acrylic mixed media painting on canvas.

I promise, this is the last time I invite you to our reception tonight!  It's from 5:30 - 8:30 at The ACU Downtown Gallery, 1133 N 2nd Street, Abilene, Texas during ArtWalk.  The painting above will be in the show.  It's my favorite one lately.  In fact, I'm about to go pick up some postcards with that image on it for handing out tonight.  Just a little bit last minute.

Punch original mixed media painting by Polly Jones

Punch by Polly Jones

Here's a photo of the largest painting I have in our Terra Incognita exhibit.  It's 40" x 60"

My mother gave me this punch bowl that she's had for a very long time. Does anyone out there remember S&H Green Stamps?  This was bought with green stamps back in the day.  I had been meaning to paint the bowl for some time, but it seemed overwhelming.  It was just humming in the background until the day I noticed at the grocery store that a pineapple has a similar pattern to the cut glass pattern of the bowl. 

Finer Gravitations original mixed media still life painting by Polly Jones

Finer Gravitations by Polly Jones

30" x 40" acrylic and mixed media on canvas.  This is one of the paintings I have at The ACU Downtown Gallery right now.  For more details, please check out this post.

Channeled Babylon Shell original mixed media painting by Polly Jones

Channeled Babylon Shell by Polly Jones

This is pretty small at 4" by 4".  I've had my work over on the Daily Paintworks site for a few months.  It hasn't been the greatest fit for me because I haven't been posting work daily.  You should check it out though, just to see the many other artists represented over there.  SOLD

Listening Shell original mixed media painting by Polly Jones

Listening Shell by Polly Jones

Another painting on a poem.

8" by 10" acrylic mixed media on wood panel. SOLD

Underipe and Overcrowded Strawberries original mixed media painting by Polly Jones

Underipe and Overcrowded Strawberries by Polly Jones

I hope your weekend is full of beautiful times with family and friends and a sense of renewal.

4" by 6" acrylic mixed media on canvas. Sold.

Tiny Mandarin original still life painting by Polly Jones

Tiny Mandarin by Polly Jones

Part of my series of small paintings with an embedded poem.  The older I get the more I like poetry.  Sold.

Apple in the Yellow Bowl original mixed media still life painting

Apple in the Yellow Bowl by Polly Jones

I think I need a little help with my titles.
6" square mixed media acrylic on canvas. Sold.