Melissa Jones

Melissa Jones moved to Birmingham, Alabama with her family in the 1980's. Her mother, an artists herself, inspired her children to create art at an early age. As a child Melissa became fascinated with found objects, different forms of design, and world history. With a background in Graphic Design, Painting, and Art History Melissa finds influences which encompass a combination of her childhood passions with her present ones. Inspired by her love for other peoples "trash", historical elements, graphics, typography and geometric forms can always be seen through out her work-past and present. Melissa's newest mixed-media works merge recycled wood, magazines, and her own photographs to create surrealistic images --turning glamorous media and graphics into humorous, strange, and sometimes ironic works of art.