No matter where I go - North, South, East, or West - I always come back to Savannah where I've been painting for 50 years.  The scenes I choose to capture on canvas are pictures of my everyday life - my church, bank, and downtown's famous squares where I walk my dog, Blue.  I also find beauty in the commonplace -- a little red cottage, curtains flapping in the breeze or children playing hopscotch on the sidewalk in front of dilapidated framed houses.

My paintings seem to tell the story of my life, which has been far from perfect.  But at age 87  I can look back and realize some things happen for the best.  I have been fulfilled since I found my love for Savannah, her people and for painting.  I have traveled near and far but I always want to come back home to Savannah.  There is no other place like it on Earth.

My painting, my upbringing as a country girl, my move to this fair city, and wonderful friends have made me what I am today.  It all has been an  inspiration to me.  Now I hope it will be to you, too.

- Myrtle Jones -

Myrtle Jones has been a major figure in the Georgia art scene for the last 50 years.  She has exhibited widely throughout the south-eastern United States in museums and galleries, such as; The Columbus Museum of Arts, Columbus, GA., The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA., and The Winston-Salem Gallery of Fine Arts, North Carolina.

Ms. Jones has won numerous awards and honors and is a favorite painter among many corporate and private collectors.  Some of her clients have included, President Jimmy Carter, actor Vincent Price, The Bank of America, The Haynes Corporation, and Savannah Electric and Power Company.

Her paintings are in permanent collections of:

The Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia

The Madison Cultural Arts Center, Madison, Georgia

The Momis Museum of Art, Augusta, Georgia

The Pine Bluff Museum of Art, Pine Bluff, Arkansas