Noteworthy:

Mary Jones

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Iowa-based Mary Jones seems an apt choice to single out within this Midwest painting context. Though she has worked as an artist, as well as people she encounters. Multiple perspectives intermingle in these portraits of place, which celebrate the act of observing as well as moving one’s body through space as an act of acquaintance. In this digital age, when you can stay inside and still feel connected to individuals, institutions, and cultures around the globe through screens, Jones’s work encourages the effort to put yourself out there.