About Me

WHO AM I?

Esther L. Jones, Artist

My story starts with a summer camp when I was a child. I wanted so bad to learn to draw so I could draw a portrait of my mother. So my parents enrolled me in the only option available in my little town: an art camp being offered at the elementary school. Without meaning to, I’m sure, the teacher and my observations of the other students gave me reason to believe that I was no artist. Somehow I thought that a person is either born an artist and already knows how to draw, or they are not, and nothing can be done about.

 

The story could have ended there, but looking back I see that my parents are actually both creative in their own ways, and I picked up on that. They also gave me piano and voice lessons, and I followed that path.

 

My husband was killed in a hit-and-run accident in 1998. I became quite busy as a single mom of four. It was very hard, but eventually I went back to school to finish my teaching degree and got a job as a general music teacher in an elementary school. One good thing that came out of that job was finding my art buddy and friend. Another was having a little discretionary income to spend on art supplies!

 

It wasn’t until I was 53 years old and had just recovered from cancer that I began to find my inner artist and paint and draw. I kept it a secret for many months! Then I revealed my progress to my family, who were very encouraging and to my co-worker Kathy who became my art buddy and friend.

 

My 2D art comes from a place of deep appreciation for and fascination with the universe God has created. Color is my muse, which is why I began not with drawing but with painting using soft pastels…they are SO brilliant and immediate. I love painting florals, landscapes, and pets as well as abstracts. Pottery is a return to an earlier love, and I enjoy coming up with new ideas for functional pottery. I’m always humbled and amazed at what flows through me to the easel and the mud…it’s like magic to me, and I love sharing it with the world and inviting others into that divine magic.

 

Teaching children music and art one on one lights up my life. Children are amazing humans and I love mentoring them and getting their perspective on the world. I’ve been given the nickname “Magical Freaking Unicorn Teacher” by some of my students! If I could share one thing with parents it would be to point out that allowing their kids to be so busy that they are never bored and never learn to think deeply and learn to entertain themselves is not healthy. I’m glad I was able to give my own children that space.

My work is on view at the Highland Arts Gallery in Marble Falls Texas, and I have displayed in several other places in the area such as Numinous Coffee Roasters and The Lazy Heron in Kingsland Texas. I was privileged to win an honorable mention in my very first art competition. I have participated in the Burnet Plein Air Art Festival, have been the Artist of the Month at Highland Arts Gallery, and am a member of the Central Texas Pastel Society.

Mrs. Esther, Music and Art Educator

I teach a broad range of subjects, focusing on my passions of music and art. My students have been known to call me the “Magical Freaking Unicorn Teacher”.

I have always enjoyed children, starting with my own four who I home schooled and extending to all my private and public school students. I have taught in one way or another for decades, including 7 years of teaching public school elementary general music.

I believe all students can learn, and that teachers should start where the child is. I do believe a child and his or her parents have a responsibility to apply the instructions given by the teacher, but that the teacher should adjust her approach to teaching based on the student’s responses and interests. All lessons and classes are inclusive. Neuro-diverse students welcome.

Please feel free to message me with questions, class and time requests. Current topics available: Piano, Flute, Voice, Ukulele, Guitar Sketching, Soft Pastels, Acrylics, Origami. I have two dogs and live in my art studio. I collect tea cups and tea pots!

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Artist Statement

I was delighted to discover in 2015 that I had been a lifelong artist. I fell in love with pastels and have continued a devoted relationship with the medium, finding great joy in the immediacy of the many hues.

My ultimate goal as an artist is to see truly, therefore to know, and therefore to worship the Creator and extend love to the viewer. I delight in sharing this gift of art with others. My current body of work in pastel on paper explores floral, landscape, and animal subjects. My paintings are often nostalgic, seldom subtle, and occasionally whimsical. I love color so much! I seek out the intimate views that are easily missed with a casual glance, and hope to inspire you to do the same.

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