"Body Fires" by Fay Jones Art Critique

Artist Fay Jones a veteran of the Seattle art community, currently has on display works of acrylic paintings spanning the last twenty years of her career. The exhibition "Fay Jones: A 20 Year Retrospective" can be viewed at the Museum of Art / WSU. This paper will focus on her triptych painting "Body Fires". A painting that portrays a dream like and imaginative world full of color. Jones imagines couples, sailors, and boxing that inhabit the enigmatic and nostalgia of the dream world. In this critique, I will attempt to express the symbols, styles, and emotions I perceived while viewing "Body Fires".…