https://www.kellylynnjones.com/new-page daily 0.75 2026-01-06 https://www.kellylynnjones.com/about daily 0.75 2024-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/3e977062-5b58-4aac-8d77-c4d57c6d6cab/Pit-2021-01-07_021.jpg Contact Kelly Lynn Jones is an artist living in Los Angeles, CA. As immersive paintings built for “long views,” Jones’ finds joy in technical challenges regarding color, texture, scale, and perspectival shifts that discover uncanny moments in figurative narrativity. Rendered as 8x10 studies then scaled up with acrylic and oil paint, these are exercises in mapping objective correlatives: what’s important in the moment, and why? While some semi-autobiographical details are included, the paintings live more in symbolic realms if taken from the Greek, symballein “to throw together,” which suggests combining worlds to render invisibility. Natural symbols, private symbols, and conventional symbols complicate Jones’ landscapes of memory that seize and concentrate potentially lost moments. - Excerpt from an essay by Trinie Dalton for “Love Letter” solo show at The Pit, Los Angeles 2022 Tiny Tree Press Release by Jessica Simmons 2023 Light, Life, and Color in Southwest Contemporary 2023 New American Paintings, Pacific Issue 2023 Spotlighting LA-based Artists at Frieze Los Angeles 2023 Frieze 2022 Exhibitions to See **All photos by Jeff Mclane unless noted. misskellylynnjones@gmail.com https://www.kellylynnjones.com/paintings daily 1.0 2021-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/514652df-a3a7-4a00-9879-c657b426f916/Screenshot+2024-12-12+at+9.54.20%E2%80%AFAM.png Paintings Stay Still, 2024 Acrylic, oil pastel, oil stick, and oil on canvas 44 x 32 in https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/6b19ba51-2713-4241-a10b-d30e9756212f/I+wrote+letters+to+you+in+my+mind+.jpg Paintings I wrote letter to you in my mind, 2024, Acrylic, oil and oil stick on canvas, 52 x 38 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/cc27b28d-7cd6-4e70-a253-6040e4184737/All+the+animals+are+embraced.jpg Paintings All the animals will be embraced, 2024, Acrylic, oil and oil stick on canvas, 52 x 38 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/ab2c0c83-03e7-4bdc-8bce-33ba1c27cd81/Caught+in+an+eye+to+eye.jpg Paintings Caught in an eye to eye, 2024, Acrylic, oil and oil stick on canvas, 52 x 38 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/152ff810-6a61-4704-bba2-c6f8fa804634/Pit-2023-11-13_204.jpg Paintings If I close my eyes everything is ok, 2023, Acrylic and oil on canvas, 44 x 32 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/057088e5-0b95-4d85-9921-783351d3ea62/Swan+Song.jpg Paintings Swan Song, 2024, Acrylic, oil and oil stick on canvas, 52 x 38 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/e0b08173-6aa2-4f46-a4df-80dd32f22c63/Pit-2023-09-20_007.jpg Paintings Tiny Tree, 2023, Acrylic, oil and oil stick on canvas, 60 x 48 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/29637acb-b827-4191-9cb4-4dac7ca5e729/We+will+ride+them+someday.jpg Paintings We will ride them someday, 2024, Acrylic, oil and oil stick on canvas, 52 x 38 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/ff75d739-2d91-43bb-80b6-6226ae352aeb/Pit-2023-09-20_003.jpg Paintings The shell in the desert, 2023, Acrylic, oil and oil stick on canvas, 60 x 48 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/970231a0-9f74-4059-a123-fd1b698a6718/Pit-2023-08-23_021.jpg Paintings Yoga Cats, 2023, Acrylic and oil on canvas, 58 x 38 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/e3238dcf-6a15-4756-8d48-c7b25065c31e/Pit-2023-08-23_013.jpg Paintings We will ride together till our eyes grow heavy, 2023, Acrylic and oil on canvas, 26 x 20 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/ebbaa548-4087-4c5d-816e-dddd67035276/Pit-2023-08-23_024.jpg Paintings A celebration bouquet in the magical kingdom, 2023, Acrylic and oil on canvas, 58 x 38 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/6dbee1eb-1e2d-42a6-9afd-629b3ffd08bd/Pit-2023-08-23_011.jpg Paintings Valerian and magnesium for sleep, 2023, Acrylic and oil on canvas, 26 x 20 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/2781f584-1a15-4938-87a8-6fdcaa54433a/Pit-2023-08-23_005.jpg Paintings They say the days are long and the years are short- #1, 2023, Acrylic and oil on canvas, 32 x 24 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/6192e9eb-b11a-496a-88cf-71381ac44266/Pit-2023-08-23_007.jpg Paintings They say the days are long and the years are short- #2, 2023, Acrylic and oil on canvas, 32 x 24 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/829d538c-c9ae-4442-ac50-6f37148fa621/Pit-2023-08-23_003.jpg Paintings They say the days are long and the years are short- #3, 2023, Acrylic and oil on canvas, 32 x 24 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/05d2c6b3-59c0-4c00-8c63-bfc2fcf579d1/Pit-2023-08-23_001.jpg Paintings They say the days are long and the years are short- #4, 2023, Acrylic and oil on canvas, 32 x 24 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/a8741878-fc41-4c60-b6ce-c5f4dd21ef20/Pit-2023-08-23_009.jpg Paintings In search for a moment of quiet and maybe the miraculous, 2023, Acrylic and oil on canvas, 26 x 20 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/e1c7dcd0-a8af-424f-8d0e-0b23f55777a9/Pit-2023-03-01_005.jpg Paintings Super Bloom, 2023, Acrylic and Oil on canvas, 26 x 20 in https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/4efc0eac-1969-435a-ba85-c74875da9f0e/Pit-2023-01-17_010.jpg Paintings Meridian, 2023, Acrylic, Oil and Oil Stick on canvas, 72 x 60 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/c64cfc3b-4f10-4459-83f6-acdf587d39fc/Pit-2023-01-17_004.jpg Paintings Forever Majestic, 2023, Acrylic, Oil and Oil Stick on canvas, 60 x 48 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/2a541ed4-3aef-43c1-87dd-183a5e6af50d/Pit-2023-01-17_007.jpg Paintings The only angel I know, 2023, Acrylic, Oil and Oil Stick on canvas, 60 x 48 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/e0dc5c70-be8a-42b8-a607-b16cad3836ee/Pit-2023-01-18_034.jpg Paintings The Skater, 2022, Acrylic, oil, oil stick on canvas, 72 x 60 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/20a6006a-d6c9-43b3-9b91-4d11f1ae2afb/Pit-2023-01-18_028.jpg Paintings Christmas Chase in the Desert , 2022, Acrylic, oil, oil stick on canvas, 72 x 60 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/b419a7eb-a7d2-4ac7-b742-3bc7c933b8d4/Winter_Break.jpg Paintings Winter Break, 2023, Acrylic, Oil and Oil Stick on canvas, 60 x 48 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/16584bcf-9033-47e0-88b2-caa59ea43240/Pit%2B2-3%2B010.jpg Paintings Snail’s Pace, 2023, Acrylic, Oil and Oil Stick on canvas, 60 x 48 in. (photo: Ed Mumford) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/3cbe452b-3258-4ab1-a052-153ca093f5c2/Pit-2023-01-18_037.jpg Paintings Conversation, 2022, Acrylic, oil, and oil stick on canvas, 72 x 60 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/50a22fb1-b33f-486e-bd29-6af836113bd6/Pit+9-16+041.jpg Paintings Cad Red Lt, 2022, Acrylic, oil and oil stick on canvas, 44 x 32 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/ff1c0332-ed9b-4570-b0fd-651750d6ec07/Pit+9-16+042.jpg Paintings Collection No.3 2022, Acrylic, oil and oil stick on canvas, 44 x 32 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/1c483d4b-210e-4c49-98b2-fb876923c62a/Pit-2022-08-11_012.jpg Paintings When I say the word forever, 2022, Acrylic, oil, and oil stick on canvas 50 x 38 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/5293d6ef-597d-44b1-aaf4-afcb79414fee/Pit-2022-05-05_110.jpg Paintings Between things, 2022, Acrylic, oil, and oil stick on canvas 74 x 62 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/dd1eee94-0bd0-4ff7-b4a5-b0e8e03f9ead/Pit-2022-07-12_008.jpg Paintings July, 2022, Acrylic, oil, and oil stick on canvas 50 x 38 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/a1f8742f-9f2b-4929-920c-e212487b8d6d/Pit-2022-07-12_003.jpg Paintings Yellow Zig Zag Couch and Tiny Horse, 2022, Acrylic, oil, and oil stick on canvas, 60 x 48 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/30b3948e-a83b-4cde-afbb-75351e5a0efa/Pit-2022-05-05_106.jpg Paintings Down the slopes and mountains and their stories, 2022 , Acrylic, oil, and oil stick on canvas 74 x 62 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/d634d4bc-e67f-4194-95d3-17b643d3cd93/Pit-2022-07-12_007.jpg Paintings Love Spoon, 2022, Acrylic, oil, and oil stick on canvas, 50 x 38 in https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/23bc68fb-cd37-42c4-a99b-081f1ca78f8f/Pit-2022-07-12_002.jpg Paintings Red and Blue, 2022, Acrylic, oil, and oil stick on canvas 60 x 48 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/fb7a9848-607a-4405-8b6b-0250d889b6a6/Pit-2022-07-12_001.jpg Paintings Collections No. 1, 2022, Acrylic, oil, and oil stick on canvas 60 x 48 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/4bf479f5-c1b5-4f0b-8145-bff755fca5ca/Pit-2022-07-12_005.jpg Paintings Collections No. 2, 2022, Acrylic, oil, and oil stick on canvas, 60 x 48 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/44e237e9-1cc8-48cb-be45-097f2140a862/Untitled-1.png Paintings 5 Cats, 2022, Acrylic, oil, and oil stick on canvas, 50 x 38 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/929cba23-ac08-41f5-8985-f00ccf88dbfe/Pit-2022-07-12_004.jpg Paintings Shine, 2022, Acrylic, oil, and oil stick on canvas, 60 x 48 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/eb1fa9c8-5fc0-4a49-b4e5-4c1e80bd028f/Pit-2022-07-12_006.jpg Paintings Another Pink Moon, 2022, Acrylic, oil, and oil stick on canvas 60 x 48 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/3ecc9b5b-c3b3-464d-8e98-10cd024c0346/Pit%2B7-1%2B031.jpg Paintings End of the day, 2022, Acrylic, oil, and oil stick on canvas, 48 x 36 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/a93af1ce-b236-4dc9-9562-4a0f66a18dc7/Pit-2022-05-05_105.jpg Paintings Does the horse see the star?, 2022, Acrylic, oil, and oil stick on canvas, 74 x 62 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/6172ea4d-d553-4d34-aa86-5d07db757f80/Untitled-2.png Paintings Pizza Date, 2022, Acrylic, oil, and oil stick on canvas, 50 x 38 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/2fa2da38-947f-4612-a789-7adb4a21d6f0/Pit-2021-01-07_003.jpg Paintings Ordinary instant, 2021, Acrylic, oil and oil stick on canvas, 44 x 32 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/69ce603c-1b9e-41c0-a7a4-067d7acceb20/Pit-2021-01-07_007.jpg Paintings Goodnight Ned, really goodnight, 2021, Acrylic, oil and oil stick on canvas, 72 x 60 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/16db1e65-807e-4f1c-b2ba-a67fbf9a28ed/Pit-2021-01-07_004.jpg Paintings Goodbye couch, goodbye table, goodbye moon, goodnight moon., 2021, Acrylic, oil and oil stick on canvas, 44 x 32 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/832298a5-1cb2-4a55-b5ba-cc9b7dd8b9a7/Pit-2021-01-07_009.jpg Paintings Sun cupped in our hands sinking into the blaze, 2021, Acrylic, oil and oil stick on canvas, 72 x 60 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/bc2e8de5-37b6-4ba9-9e81-dfed1abc3aeb/Pit-2021-01-07_006.jpg Paintings Spicy Moon, 2021, Acrylic, oil and oil stick on canvas, 72 x 60 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/2d76f6aa-5d80-4713-a5d7-4099f068d3d9/Pit-2021-01-07_002.jpg Paintings Going where the stars go, 2021, Acrylic, oil and oil stick on canvas, 44 x 32 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/64463874-e0e8-4d68-a778-860250370284/Pit-2021-01-07_011.jpg Paintings Chilly Dots, 2021, Acrylic, oil and oil stick on canvas, 72 x 60 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/8d66fbdd-57bf-421d-8ed4-689bcd772545/Pit-2021-01-07_005.jpg Paintings Pink Noise, 2021, Acrylic, oil and oil stick on canvas, 72 x 60 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/f3da8141-9b78-4842-a2df-1b7d6f2b177a/Pit-2021-01-07_013.jpg Paintings Is that me with you? Hold you., 2021, Acrylic, oil and oil stick on canvas, 72 x 60 in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec706d9de61fd53e13db479/2ecdb8d1-b405-4749-b6bd-53c973b619bd/Pit-2021-01-07_001.jpg Paintings California dust, 2021, Acrylic, oil and oil stick on canvas, 44 x 32 in.