Loretta Jones
WAYNESBORO, MISSISSIPPI
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Loretta Norris Jones, or Retta
as she is known in art circles, began her formal
art career rather informally and, she says,
quite by accident, doing decorative painting for
a select group of friends whenever they had a
request. A totally self-taught artist, she toyed with the idea of perhaps doing a "real" painting for herself long before actually putting a brush to canvas. But once she started painting, she says she "could not stop." And when this former free-lance writer began dabbling in acrylics rather than words, she discovered yet another creative outlet for her passions and studioretta was birthed. "I was painting just for me -- for the enjoyment, for the gratification, for the challenge. I never dreamed I would be painting for others or doing commissioned works," she says. "This was just something I wanted to do for my own personal satisfaction, but it has mushroomed rapidly, and I am flattered that others actually enjoy these works I have created. It overwhelms me to think about that." |
