Rachel Jones and Art

 This month, We Have Been Found Out and Whisper 1 ventured out to a couple of exciting even.  Florence Regional Arts Alliance held its10th  Annual Small Works show. These shows are great for first time or seasoned collectors. There is always space for these little creations with big impact. This show is still on view until October 9 at  HopeHealth Streater Community Center, 301 North Dargan Street, Florence, S.C. Whispers 1 is part of a triptych. Triptych detail of The Whispers by Rachel Jones Georgetown held their 4th Annual Art & Wine Walk. This is an art extravaganza with live painting events, art and craft booths, living art, music and of course… wine. This community event houses the juried pieces in main street businesses to be viewed. My piece,  We Have Been Found Out  was hosted by the Gullah museum. (I learn something new every time I visit there). It was awarded the 2nd Place prize. It is always rewarding (no pun intended ) when fellow ar...

Let me tell you a little story... When I was younger and could stay awake all night, a friend and I would arrange "midnight" picnics. It was all so very poetic and gothic in our young impressionable minds. We'd go to bed as normal (as instructed by the parentals)  then we would awake around 1 or 2 AM when we were sure all were asleep. We'd make cantaloupe soup, then sneak into the woods behind her house in the Lowcounttry amongst the fireflies to read poetry, dance, stare and the night sky and talk until almost sunrise. We would then sneak back into our beds and await her mother's call for Breakfast. We thought we were so very cool. Maybe we were, maybe we were not. But what I  know, is our imagination was out of this world. And we believed we were fairies and the jasmine scented magic of the night was ours alone...  as long as no one found us out.    This little memory was the inspiration behind this painting... "We Have Been Found Out".  Here are a few...