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  • The Textiles of Marie Shirley Jones

    Benjamin Clark|Dec 12, 2012

    Artist Marie Shirley Jones of Red Lodge, Montana writes that Degas once told a young painter, “It’s all very well to copy what you see, but it is better to draw what you see in your mind. Then your memory and imagination are freed.” When her art gravitates toward realism she changes directions abruptly in order to stay free of the confines that come with it. “Working with a process that is unpredictable helps with this, as I never know which direction the results will take me. Fabric lends i...