Name/Title
Mary Jones, The Green TableDescription
Incorporating much of the look and feel of the Chicago Imagists, Mary Jones yet manages to achieve her own intriguing approach to portraying human interactions. In this picture, its space flattened Matisse-like, Jones scribbles and scrawls apparent conversational bits, rubs out and collages over exclamations , and inscribes and erases various elements, including windows and heads. The checkerboard pattern floor and the eponymous green table create a composition of square shapes, accentuated by the blocky outlines of the human figures. Limbs and fingers are elongated, footwear is stylized, and profiles have only one eye--except for the figure at the top center, which we may reasonably posit is the painter herself, the only one truly "seeing" the unfolding drama. That might explain the whirling lines of consternation above her head, and answer the question of why her chair seems to be balanced on the very edge of the table; or perhaps, judge-like, she rises "above the fray". Jones creates a wonderful balance of pinks and greens, and the solid colors of the clothing worn by the figures keeps them grounded. In the background, a light brown door seems firmly shut, while a stylized tree, barren of leaves, is squeezed into a narrow window--giving a brief though necessary glimpse to the apparently frigid outside world.Artwork Details
Medium
Acrylic paint, collage on boardInscription/Signature/Marks
Signed lower right corner of the painting.Dimensions
Dimension Description
16.5 x 16.5 inchesGeneral Notes
Note Type
Cataloging NoteNote
This painting has a simple black frame, without glass.