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 news events or happenings. For regular posting please visit my Dailies page. Thanks for stopping by and having an interest in my work.

My Art:

Works on Paper

Paintings

Pinhole

Photography

Blue Sparrow Press

INSTAGRAM

Lately I have been enjoying making these 4x6" mixed media paintings. When I begin a piece I like to discover the direction it will go, so I made a video so I could track my thought process. Also, it's crazy how much the natural light changes throughout. _____________________________________________ ©Heather Smith Jones #heathersmithjones #watercolor #gouache #prismacolorpencils #gouachepainting #contemporaryart #abstractpainting #abstraction #createeveryday #sketchbook #abstractart #doitfortheprocess #ihavethisthingwithcolor #ilovecolor #makerslife #artistlife #aquietstyle #momentsofmine #carveouttimeforart #makersmovement #creativityfound #artoftheday #artcollective #courageouscreative

Eclipse day entry (left) and from Saturday (right). Did you see the eclipse today? We saw it at the beginning and end because it was pretty cloudy here. The cicadas flared during the darkness which was crazy. Definitely a cool experience overall. _______________________________________________ ©Heather Smith Jones #hsmithjonessketchbook2017 #heathersmithjones #watercolor #gouache #gouachepainting #contemporaryart #abstractpainting #abstraction #createeveryday #sketchbook #abstractart #doitfortheprocess #ihavethisthingwithcolor #ilovecolor #makerslife #artistlife #aquietstyle #momentsofmine #carveouttimeforart #makersmovement #creativityfound #artoftheday #artcollective #courageouscreative

Need some bright color? Detail from a second sketchbook entry yesterday. _______________________________________________ ©Heather Smith Jones #hsmithjonessketchbook2017 #heathersmithjones #watercolor #gouache #gouachepainting #contemporaryart #abstractpainting #abstraction #createeveryday #sketchbook #abstractart #doitfortheprocess #ihavethisthingwithcolor #ilovecolor #makerslife #artistlife #aquietstyle #momentsofmine #carveouttimeforart #makersmovement #creativityfound #artoftheday #artcollective #courageouscreative

Liquid watercolor play and mental meanderings in my sketchbook this Friday afternoon, always thinking about process. _______________________________________________ ©Heather Smith Jones #hsmithjonessketchbook2017 #heathersmithjones #watercolor #gouache #gouachepainting #contemporaryart #abstractpainting #abstraction #createeveryday #sketchbook #abstractart #doitfortheprocess #ihavethisthingwithcolor #ilovecolor #makerslife #artistlife #aquietstyle #momentsofmine #carveouttimeforart #makersmovement #creativityfound #artoftheday #artcollective #courageouscreative

Here are my six watercolor paintings in the "Holding Together" series now showing @swallowfield. Swallowfield is a shop in Northeast Harbor, Maine, owned and operated by artist Jennifer Judd-McGee. Exhibit begins today, Thursday, August 17, opening reception 5-7pm! Art is available on their new online shop at swallowfieldshop.com/shop. Link also in my profile. _____________________ ©Heather Smith Jones #heathersmithjones #watercolor #contemporaryart #gouache #abstractpainting #abstractart #doitfortheprocess #carveouttimeforart #artlife #artistlife #inspiredbynature #modernart #ihavethisthingwithcolor #makerslife #momentsofmine #aquietstyle #makersmovement #creativityfound #artoftheday #artcollective #hsjshowatswallowfield

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sunflowers

September 04, 2007

sunflowers facing the rising sun.
driving through Kansas.
more soon to come.