Hello! I'm Heather Smith Jones, an artist living and working in Lawrence, Kansas. I work in mixed media on paper, painting, photography, and letterpress and teach in an arts-based preschool. At this journal I post goings on and glimpses from inside the studio. Thanks for stopping by and having an interest in my work.

My Art:

Works on Paper

Paintings

Pinhole

Photography

Blue Sparrow Press

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Yesterday's dining table sketchbook time and the second page of a new sketchbook. I began this entry with the red shapes thinking I would take it one direction but I took it another way. Normally I begin with a more neutral or lighter color than red but trying even a micro change can be a good exercise. This one feels like it's growing in a kind of landscape or partially submerged in water. Hmmm... Hope you're having a good weekend, I'm about to head out to the garden. ________________________________________________ #hsmithjonessketchbook2017 #heathersmithjones #watercolor #contemporaryart #abstractpainting #createeveryday #sketchbook #abstractart #doitfortheprocess #ihavethisthingwithcolor #makerslife #artistlife #aquietstyle #momentsofmine #carveouttimeforart #makersmovement #creativityfound #artoftheday #artcollective

Detail from a piece I painted yesterday, "Listen: sing", graphite, watercolor, gouache, colored pencil on paper, 10x10". ©Heather Smith Jones _____________________ #heathersmithjones #watercolor #gouache #contemporaryart #abstractpainting #abstractart #doitfortheprocess #carveouttimeforart #artlife #artistlife #inspiredbynature #modernart #ihavethisthingwithcolor #makerslife #momentsofmine #aquietstyle #makersmovement #creativityfound #artoftheday #artcollective

I keep my watercolor paint box open on my table so colors are always in reach. Some of these tubes I've had since I was a kid, for almost thirty years, they were my first artist paints. My relationship with watercolor as an adolescent was frustrating, taking lessons, trying to paint like my instructor or how I was shown. But now I love watercolor, it is immediate, intuitive, I can express my intent through it. Discovering how to make a medium your own through time, practice, and experimentation is key. ________________________________________________ #heathersmithjones #watercolor #contemporaryart #abstractpainting #createeveryday #abstractart #doitfortheprocess #ihavethisthingwithcolor #makerslife #artistlife #dscolor #momentsofmine #carveouttimeforart #makersmovement #creativityfound #artoftheday #artcollective #waterpaperpaint

My paint test paper for my current works. This morning I painted and this afternoon I'm out weeding in the garden. It's a beautiful day here. Garden views are in my stories. _______________________________________________ ©Heather Smith Jones #heathersmithjones #watercolor #contemporaryart #abstractpainting #createeveryday #sketchbook #abstractart #doitfortheprocess #onmytable #ihavethisthingwithcolor #makerslife #artistlife #aquietstyle #momentsofmine #carveouttimeforart #makersmovement #creativityfound #artoftheday #artcollective

This summer I will be exhibiting a collection of my new small works on paper @swallowfield shop in Northeast Harbor, Maine. I'm excited to show in Jen's beautiful shop and am currently working on a special series of paintings for the exhibit. Stay tuned here and @swallowfield for info. swallowfieldshop.com ____________________________________ #heathersmithjones #watercolor #gouache #contemporaryart #abstractpainting #abstractart #doitfortheprocess #carveouttimeforart #artlife #artistlife #inspiredbynature #modernart #ihavethisthingwithcolor #makerslife #artistlife #artstudio #momentsofmine #ihavethisthingwithcolor #aquietstyle #makersmovement #creativityfound #artoftheday #artcollective

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afternoon in the studio

November 13, 2007

on mama's tray : : pressing leaves : break from pinhole-ing

* Today is Alicia's 35th birthday, go send her a wish! *