In his introduction to The Gaia Mythos, John Lamb Lash describes mythopesis as "the reclamation of our powers of description that have atrophied in our species due to our lack of awe and ecstasy in the presence of Sacred Nature, Divinity, the numinous mystery of the Other."

 

 

 

LaNita Jones – Artist Statement

I have participated with art most of my life, from poetry and primitive-fired clay to prose and metal art. My education in sociology, critical theory and economic sustainability, enhances my work. I am researched in matriarchal culture as a means to interpret my own verse, a narrative, The Song of Un.

I am self-taught in oxy-acetylene copper brazing. My sculpture varies greatly, from functional art, complete with scaled renderings to abstracts utilizing scrap and organic technique. Crinkling, wadding, kneading, scorching, burning, such a costly medium as copper has become my ritual of passage, warring with the gods of commodity and my own environmental mindfulness. My fountains can be found in the retail market. My freeform sculpture squirms and gnaws at me from within bins of recycling.

One such bin grows beneath my welding table, random scrap collected from the pristine copper sheet used to create my precision work. The pieces that lie on top are preface. The scrap in the middle, foreshadowing. The dregs at the bottom, setting and theme for my narrative work.

The Song of Un Anthology is a mixed media collection of copper, brass, etching, and verse. Lamenting the forgotten language of intuition, venturing the thrice denial of synchronicity, The Song of Un knows we instinctively know our sustaining relationship to each other and the whole of sentient earth, in spite our inherited shame of paradise lost.

Professional Experience

05-Present Bellaqua Copper LLC

Metal Artist/Designer/Owner

06-06 Mike Batelli Master Welder

Novice TIG Welding

01-05 Fountain Center General Manager

Education

04-05 Prescott College MA Courses

Sustainable Development

03-04 Pima Community College AA Courses

Residential Drafting

86-88 Louisiana State University

BA Sociology

84-86 Louisiana College BA Courses

Social Work

Art Shows

2/09 Locals at La Pilita - Tucson

7/08 San Luis Valley Folk and Fiber Festival

5/08 Desert Bloom Nursery - Tucson

4/08 Pusch Ridge Christian Academy - Tucson

3/08 Kore Press Art Auction - Tucson

1/08 Tucson Association of Landscape

Designers Sculpture Tour

5/07 Desert Bloom Nursery - Tucson

5/07 Tucson Botanical Garden Tour

10/06 Tucson Metro Library

4/06 Tucson Botanical Garden Art Alfresco

4/03 Tucson Botanical Garden Art Alfresco

Juried Shows

06/08 San Luis Valley Folk and Fiber Art Exhibit

12/07 Monte Vista Holiday Festival Tour

8/06 Girls Inc. - Santa Fe

Trade

1/06 Oasis Gift Show - Phoenix

9/05 Vegas Home & Garden

08/05 Dallas Expo

Commissions/Designers/Architects

3/09 Tucson Country Club - Tucson

1/09 Blooming Earth - Tucson

10/08 Harlow's Garden - Tucson

4/08 Blooming Earth - Tucson

2/08 Blooming Earth - Tucson

1/08 Iron Door Construction - Tucson

12/07 Harlow's Garden - Tucson

10/07 Insight Art - Alamosa, CO

9/07 American Financial Services - Phoenix

3/07 Blooming Earth - Tucson

1/07 Blooming Earth - Tucson

1/07 Aqua West - Tucson

11/06 Architec - Tucson

10/06 Johnson Residence - Maranna, CO

8/06 Mongolian Grill - Tucson

4/06 Blooming Earth - Tucson

2/06 Sun Dental Associates - Tucson

1/06 Karlee Enterprises - Mesa, AZ

 

 

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