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Artist Exhibitions:
Abstract expressionist painter
Abby Jones will showcase her
latest works at a gallery
opening at the Paul Engle
Center For Neighborhood Arts,
1600 4th Avenue SE, Cedar
Rapids, on Saturday, April 4th
from 2:00pm to 4:00pm.
Refreshments will be served.
The event is free and open to
the ...
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Artist Galleries:
I am currently represented by
the Paul Engle Center for Arts
in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. For
more information please see my
exhibitions section. ...
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Artist Reviews:
Coming Soon!
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Collections:
Trimark Physicans Group, Fort
Dodge, Iowa, USA. "Wavy
Gravy" was pruchased for
display in an exam room in the
pulmonology department.
"Kill Geppetto" is currently
on loan to Trimark Physicains
Group and is being displayed
in the Central Billing Office
in Fort Dodge, Iowa, USA....
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Commissions:
Five paintings don in 2006 and
2007 were commissioned and are
now on display in the homes of
private collectors....
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Artist Statement for Abby Jones
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As an artist I am fascinated with the basic scientific principle that energy is neither created nor destroyed. Energy changes form from potential energy to kinetic energy and back. I explore the threshold of change; when potential energy becomes kinetic energy. That energy exists in the creative process of art making as well as life. That tension that makes us hold our breaths in anticipation and the release into eventual movement is the potential and kinetic energy we encounter in everyday life.
My works strive to capture these forms of energy that exist in all of us. I use multi-media including mirror, wood, metal, stained glass, and paper on top of silky oils to achieve a sense of texture and contrast that creates tension. I also use shapes, lines, and color vigorously applied to achieve a sense of movement and fluidity. If the potential energy of my idea can move someone to feel an emotion then that is the kinetic energy of life derived from art. If a work can convey that sense of energy to the observer then the piece has done its job.
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