2019 E.A.S.T. ARTIST HIGHLIGHT | Denise Elliott Jones
Denise Elliott Jones
We're exploring the world of the dozens of local artists featured at MMAC’s 2019 EAST gallery and their mediums. The goal of this series is to shed light on real-life Central Texas artists exploring what & why they create.
Q: Introduce yourself and your work!
A: I am an abstract artist living in Austin, Texas. After graduating from the University of Texas at Austin with a BFA in Art Education, I taught art for 10 years to special needs students in Austin ISD and then taught art for 18 years to blind and visually impaired students at Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired. During my teaching years, I worked primarily in printmaking. In 2015 I had the opportunity to switch gears and do my art full time.
Denise Elliott Jones
Q: With your art, what kind of message or story do you find yourself trying to convey and how do you use your medium to do that?
A: Painting, printmaking, and mixed media are my primary creative processes. I work with a visual vocabulary of shapes to tell a universal story. With this vocabulary, I approach each new art piece intuitively. I try not to have any predetermined outcomes but see where the work will take me. Choosing to work this way leaves the creative process open-ended and leads to a longer period of creativity. With this intent, I invite the observer to draw their own connections with each piece.
Denise Elliott Jones
I’m looking forward to showing my work at Motion Media Arts Center!
Check out more of Denise’s work on her Instagram
ABOUT BIG MEDIUM’S EAST AUSTIN STUDIO TOUR:
Big Medium's East Austin Studio Tour (EAST) is a free, annual, self-guided art event spanning two weekends in November. EAST provides opportunities for the public to meet the artists and artisans of Austin in their creative spaces.