Alicia Jones

I love making art. I love being in the studio, listening to music and watching my ideas come to life. There is something magical in the process. I think that is because I get to communicate in this visual form. I don’t have to say anything, I just have to put my feelings into it and someone else will get those feelings out of it. My artwork has been described as emotional, whimsical and sometimes a little dark. What’s interesting to me is that those descriptors are not synonyms. People are not one dimensional and artwork should not be one dimensional either. I love that people can look at my work and find something there, something unique, something new, a connection between the viewer and myself, or possibly a connection to a deeper part of themselves. I make my original sculptures out of ceramic clay, fire them, make mold and then pour them in bronze. In this way I am able to use ceramic techniques and translate them into the more permanent media of bronze sculpture. I have spent the majority of my life in the Southwest and you can see this in my choice of subject matter. In my most recent work I am exploring and depicting the ever changing nature of our environment. I draw on my experiences growing up on the plains and in the Rocky Mountains: the deserts, the high mountain passes and what it means to be a human walking in these ancient places. I often think about the passage of time: what it was like before me and what it will be like long after I am gone.

Alicia Jones is an artist and sculptor living and working in Santa Fe, NM. As a child, Alicia’s parents decided to load their children up in a horse-drawn wagon and head out across the West. This trip, and the bravery of her parents to undertake it, instilled in Alicia a willingness to take risks and to overcome challenges. It also meant that although her roots will always be in the Midwest, Alicia grew up in a very different landscape and culture: that of the Southwest. Following her older brothers around the mountains and rivers located right out of the backdoor of their Southern Colorado home, Alicia grew up in the seemingly endless natural world of the Rocky Mountains. She raised her family at the base of those same mountains and her children climbed the same hills and swam in the same rivers that she had as a child. Alicia immersed herself in the art during her young adulthood, teaching art during the day and pursuing her own projects in the evening and on weekends. Once her children were grown Alicia moved to Santa Fe and shifted her focus to working on her art full-time. She still plays in the mountains and rivers located right out of her back door, and just like her parents she continues to pursue her own dreams no matter how foolish or risky other people may think they are.

3-D, Sculpture