Bio
Artist’s Statement
Artist’s Statement
She can't actually remember a day of her life that she wasn't already addicted to the act of creating.
Bim Jones grew up in the suburbs of Washington, DC and learned first from the artists around her. Her parents and grandparents, though not professional artists, were extremely creative people who consistently filled their lives and Bim’
She can't actually remember a day of her life that she wasn't already addicted to the act of creating.
Bim Jones grew up in the suburbs of Washington, DC and learned first from the artists around her. Her parents and grandparents, though not professional artists, were extremely creative people who consistently filled their lives and Bim’s with making things of one kind or another.
Once through college, the more Bim learned about art and other artists and every new way of making things, the more she liked it and the more addicted she seemed to become. Bim pursued art through her undergraduate years, through years of child-rearing and now into the great unknown...as always...
Today, Bim Jones lives in rural Baltimore County with her husband, dog, children, their dogs, and four exquisite, precious and endlessly entertaining grandchildren.
Epilogue
Bim Jones says she’s thinking about joining a twelve-step program for art addicts. In meetings she’ll have to tell all the stories about how her family has no dinner made for them and the house smells like paint and turpentine and there’s nowhere to sit in the living room because of all the paintings piled up. Bim will have to confess to days on end of ill-tempered behavior while framing a show, the years of guerilla warfare with her life, kidnapping herself for a week at a time to go somewhere and paint, ignoring loved ones and responsibilities: life ever out of control because there is never enough time to paint. Never.
And the twelve-step program will tell Bim that there is no hope for it. That she must give it up and live like a normal person. After that, Bim says she loses her mind altogether and starts a revolution which changes life as we know it. After the revolution, the whole world revolves around creativity and all everyone does everyday is make fun and wonderful things.
Artist’s Statement
Artist’s Statement
Artist’s Statement
I think this is the hardest part...telling why I do this. After hours and hours, spent writing it down, I read it and re-read it and it always falls short: too far to the left or right ... too self-conscious, over-thought, over-explained, under-explained ... and, in the end, it always just boils down to the simple fact that I do it becau
I think this is the hardest part...telling why I do this. After hours and hours, spent writing it down, I read it and re-read it and it always falls short: too far to the left or right ... too self-conscious, over-thought, over-explained, under-explained ... and, in the end, it always just boils down to the simple fact that I do it because I can't help it. It keeps me happy, relatively sane and out of the funny farm ... or jail.
But ... I can tell you my favorite parts of doing it ... I love lines and colors. I love the human form. I love what light does and the challenge and reward of recreating the illusion. I love the magic of inspiration using me as conduit...the miracle of a thought or feeling or vision becoming suddenly or painstakingly tangible. I love getting dirty hands and paint on my face. I love it when someone finds something of themselves or for themselves, in an image that I realized. I love the solitude of the process. I love blank sheets of 300 lb. watercolor paper. I love sharp pencils and new pointy brushes, and old scruffy brushes. I love the smell of turpentine, but not all the time. I love it when a painting paints itself. I love my sketchbooks, ink spilled on the floor, new kneaded erasers, 5 minute figure studies, getting lost in working, painting all day outside, making a mess in the studio and cleaning up the studio so I can start a new mess.
I love my family for letting me have space for this in my life. I love the other artists in my life who shore me up and support me and excite me and inspire me. I love this cursed blessing and this blessed curse.
Calendar
Artist’s Statement
Calendar
May 14th & 15th -Summer Gallery Show Opening
@ Studio Gallery 234. York, PA
May 15th - Fiber Arts Day
@ Manor Mill. Monkton, MD
June 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th - Knitting Workshops
@ Manor Mill Monkton
July 16 - Opening of Jones Women Art Exhibit @ Manor Mill Gallery, Monkton, MD
July 16-August 28 Jones Women Art Exhibit @ Manor Mill Gallery, Monkt
May 14th & 15th -Summer Gallery Show Opening
@ Studio Gallery 234. York, PA
May 15th - Fiber Arts Day
@ Manor Mill. Monkton, MD
June 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th - Knitting Workshops
@ Manor Mill Monkton
July 16 - Opening of Jones Women Art Exhibit @ Manor Mill Gallery, Monkton, MD
July 16-August 28 Jones Women Art Exhibit @ Manor Mill Gallery, Monkton, MD
July 23- September 17- Artists’ Choice Group Exhibition @ Studio Gallery 234 , York, PA
September 24-November 12 - Fall Group Exhibition @ Studio Gallery 234, York, PA
November 19-January 21 - Annual Holiday Group Exhibition @ Studio Gallery 234, York, P