“The first time I saw a Crocus blooming out of the snow, it felt like a religious experience. People warned me about Michigan winters, but I love a challenge and I was prepared. Above all, my love for the city was stronger than my fear of the cold, even though I was living in an abandoned house with no heat. I was making paintings that were supposed to speak about spirituality. Experiencing seasons for the first time felt like discovering a higher power for me. I didn’t grow up with religion. I was looking for something to make art about, and a deep connection that felt like being in love. I found this at the time in flowers.” Louise Jones
Louise Jones
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Louise Jones (neé Chen) is a second-generation Chinese American, born in Los Angeles in 1988. Her artistic practice centers around painting, while her background is in drawing and printmaking at UCSC. Her work first gained recognition after moving to Detroit in 2014, where she began painting murals of flowers, subject matter often chosen for their symbolism regionally, culturally and historically. To date, her murals and paintings have been displayed in museums and public spaces, including the AKG Museum, Crystal Bridges Museum, Detroit Institute for the Arts, Dennos Museum, Henry Ford Cancer Pavilion, University of Michigan Museum of Art, New Britain Museum of American Art, the North Carolina Museum of Art, and the Smithsonian Archives of American Art.
