. My passion for painting began at age 10 when my grandfather gave me an easel to help pass the time while I recuperated from infantile paralysis. Granddaddy was the reason I went to Norway in August, 2006 -- to trace my family ancestry. But I digress . . . . At Grinnell College (Grinnell, IA), I pursued my passion and majored in art. Later, during an l8-year, professional Public Relations career with the YWCA in Iowa, Texas, Virginia, and California and the American Red Cross in Los Angeles, I honed my graphics skills. . For fun, I designed costumes for a professional theatrical company in Hollywood. . For the last 30 years, I've been doing what I enjoy most -- painting, and when I can manage it, working from live models -- the ultimate challenge as well as the ultimate pleasure, for me. . Last summer I discovered Norway as you'll see in one of my galleries. . The Lord has blessed me with good health, good teachers, and the support of family and friends in the pursuit of my craft. Only recently have I discovered a new passion -- I love to put together and narrate slide shows. So I opened a website where I can share the shows, some with my art work. Please check out them out at http://www.photodex.com/sharing/viewalbum.html?alb=0&bm=138436 or at http://youtube.com/joanjones32 All my websites are found at http://joanjones32.blogspot.com <a href="mailto:art.joan@verizon.net">Email Me!</a> http://joanjones.smugmug.com/photos/113270966_sPoLX-Ti-1.jpg http://joanjones.smugmug.com/ 2009-10-29T13:49:09Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://joanjones.smugmug.com">joanjones</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://joanjones.smugmug.com/Art/Figurative/2179529_h6Bgs">Figurative</a>'</p><p><a href="http://joanjones.smugmug.com/Art/Figurative/2179529_h6Bgs" title="Figurative"><img src="http://joanjones.smugmug.com/Art/Figurative/Best-Friends/237908788_eENNs-Th.jpg" width="150" height="99" alt="Figurative" title="Figurative" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-10-29T13:49:09Z joanjones http://joanjones.smugmug.com http://joanjones.smugmug.com/Art/Figurative/2179529_h6Bgs <p><a href="http://joanjones.smugmug.com">joanjones</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://joanjones.smugmug.com/Art/Mexico/2179279_FQdMy">Mexico:</a>'</p><p><a href="http://joanjones.smugmug.com/Art/Mexico/2179279_FQdMy" title="Mexico:"><img src="http://joanjones.smugmug.com/Art/Mexico/Sunday-at-the-Alameda-web-copy/113266674_NP5f4-Th.jpg" width="150" height="115" alt="Mexico:" title="Mexico:" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-06T10:26:45Z joanjones http://joanjones.smugmug.com http://joanjones.smugmug.com/Art/Mexico/2179279_FQdMy <p><a href="http://joanjones.smugmug.com">joanjones</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://joanjones.smugmug.com/Art/California-Central-Coast/2332565_6MVTg">California Central Coast</a>'</p><p><a href="http://joanjones.smugmug.com/Art/California-Central-Coast/2332565_6MVTg" title="California Central Coast"><img src="http://joanjones.smugmug.com/Art/California-Central-Coast/Wine-country-1web-copy/237935328_CeeEx-Th.jpg" width="150" height="105" alt="California Central Coast" title="California Central Coast" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-25T04:45:42Z joanjones http://joanjones.smugmug.com http://joanjones.smugmug.com/Art/California-Central-Coast/2332565_6MVTg <p><a href="http://joanjones.smugmug.com">joanjones</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://joanjones.smugmug.com/Art/Landscapesarchitecture/4085230_T77Mq">Landscapes/architecture</a>'</p><p><a href="http://joanjones.smugmug.com/Art/Landscapesarchitecture/4085230_T77Mq" title="Landscapes/architecture"><img src="http://joanjones.smugmug.com/Art/Landscapesarchitecture/Belluz-Housesm-14-x-20-copy/114888975_C5TNu-Th.jpg" width="150" height="106" alt="Landscapes/architecture" title="Landscapes/architecture" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-01-07T07:40:14Z joanjones http://joanjones.smugmug.com http://joanjones.smugmug.com/Art/Landscapesarchitecture/4085230_T77Mq <p><a href="http://joanjones.smugmug.com">joanjones</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://joanjones.smugmug.com/Art/Central-Coast-Vineyards-new/4083560_kKrxQ">Central Coast Vineyards (new)</a>'</p><p><a href="http://joanjones.smugmug.com/Art/Central-Coast-Vineyards-new/4083560_kKrxQ" title="Central Coast Vineyards (new)"><img src="http://joanjones.smugmug.com/Art/Central-Coast-Vineyards-new/wine-country-2-small-copy/237948396_za9jQ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="111" alt="Central Coast Vineyards (new)" title="Central Coast Vineyards (new)" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-01-01T07:50:15Z joanjones http://joanjones.smugmug.com http://joanjones.smugmug.com/Art/Central-Coast-Vineyards-new/4083560_kKrxQ <p><a href="http://joanjones.smugmug.com">joanjones</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://joanjones.smugmug.com/Art/Experimental/2176829_mzEkX">Experimental</a>'</p><p><a href="http://joanjones.smugmug.com/Art/Experimental/2176829_mzEkX" title="Experimental"><img src="http://joanjones.smugmug.com/Art/Experimental/let-there-be-light-web-copy/113305552_PeLAg-Th.jpg" width="150" height="106" alt="Experimental" title="Experimental" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2007-12-31T12:41:04Z joanjones http://joanjones.smugmug.com http://joanjones.smugmug.com/Art/Experimental/2176829_mzEkX <p><a href="http://joanjones.smugmug.com">joanjones</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://joanjones.smugmug.com/Art/Still-Life/2207412_5m77m">Still Life</a>'</p><p><a href="http://joanjones.smugmug.com/Art/Still-Life/2207412_5m77m" title="Still Life"><img src="http://joanjones.smugmug.com/Art/Still-Life/POINSEsm-copy/238012518_RiDzU-Th.jpg" width="106" height="150" alt="Still Life" title="Still Life" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2007-12-31T12:39:22Z joanjones http://joanjones.smugmug.com http://joanjones.smugmug.com/Art/Still-Life/2207412_5m77m <p><a href="http://joanjones.smugmug.com">joanjones</a> updated gallery '<a href="http://joanjones.smugmug.com/Art/Norway-my-ancestral-home/2169994_GBqyf">Norway, my ancestral home</a>'</p><p><a href="http://joanjones.smugmug.com/Art/Norway-my-ancestral-home/2169994_GBqyf" title="Norway, my ancestral home"><img src="http://joanjones.smugmug.com/Art/Norway-my-ancestral-home/Fishing-Village015-smallcopy/114770778_52Vay-Th.jpg" width="150" height="98" alt="Norway, my ancestral home" title="Norway, my ancestral home" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2007-01-12T23:08:07Z joanjones http://joanjones.smugmug.com http://joanjones.smugmug.com/Art/Norway-my-ancestral-home/2169994_GBqyf