WELCOME
TO
LEE JONES'
COUNTRY ART GALLERY


2009




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BARB WIRE WREATH WITH ANTLER $50.00



"CATS HAVE STAFF" PLAQUE $30.00



DOUBLE BIRDHOUSE WITH LISCENSE PLATE ROOF, APPLIED DECORATION $40.00



BIRDHOUSE WITH HORSESHOE $30.00



BIRDHOUSE "HOME SWEET HOME" $30.00



BIRDHOUSE WITH CANADIAN LICENSE PLATE $30.OO



SOMETHING ELSE WONDERFUL, ANOTHER WREATH WHEN I GET A PHOTO

$30.00


Lee Jones
Colorado City, Colorado




Background and experience

Former Colorado State legislator 1978-1982
Solar energy company manager 1982-1992
Antiques dealer, furniture repair 2000 to present
Owner of Cobweb Antiques 2001 to present
Member of Blue Spruce Gallery, Florence, CO 2001-present

Galleries and Stores

Mezzanine Antique Mall, Florence, Co. 2000 to present
Blue Spruce Gallery; Florence, CO 2001-present

Juried Shows and Awards

Garden Party theme show, Blue Spruce Gallery. 2002
Angel theme show, Blue Spruce Gallery 2002
Birdhouse theme show show, Blue Spruce Gallery. 2005
Art council show, COlorado City 2007
Colorado City annual show 2008
The Oliver Family show, Blue Spruce Gallery 2007


Lee Jones
Artists Statement


Lee grew up in the lush countryside of Michigan, on a farm, during the Depression.
She learned to fix what was broken, make something new out of something old. One of the original
"green" advocates, she has an unerring eye for items that can be salvaged. A Coloradoan for
some 40 years, with a brief hiatus in Hawaii, Lee is a lifelong collector, and crafter.
She considers herself more of a "junker/crafter" than an artist. She brought home a milk glass
miniature lamp, her first "find" at the age of 10,
from a trash heap, and was scolded by her
mother for bringing home junk. Lee still has the lamp, and her mom and dad eventually had a
collection of more than 50 lamps.

She particularly enjoys creating decorative pieces using found items, such as birdhouses, barnwood
plant stands, lamps from odd items, woodburned "copied cat" plaques which she paints, barbed wire
wreaths with handcut and painted wooden decor, tissue dispenser boxes that look like adobe houses,
canes and walking sticks.

One of her most ambitious projects was building a doll house from scratch out of old wood, and
creating most of the furniture for it. She also restores old furniture; loves southwest stuff
mixed with antiques; hates to sit still; hikes, bowls and golfs with partner Pat.

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