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HOLLY BREWSTER JONES

PAINTINGS BY HOLLY BREWSTER JONES

8800 Old Tom Way
Raleigh, NC 27613
(919) 846 7866
HBJFINEART@nc.rr.com
BIOGRAPHY
Education: University of New York at Albany, Albany, New York
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina

 

 

ROSE RHAPSODY
 
by Holly Brewster Jones
ALL TIED UP
 
by Holly Brewster Jones
SEA SURGE
 
by Holly Brewster Jones
Holly Brewster Jones
 
Holly Brewster Jones launched her art career in 1975. Between the years of 1976 and 1977, she accumulated 20 awards in various regional shows.
By 1980, she had 100 awards to her credit. In 1980, she moved to Nice, France, where she painted and taught.
 
Upon her return to the States in 1982, she was accepted into many national exhibitions. She became a signature member of the Southern Watercolor Society,
and juried into the Mississippi National, Oklahoma National and Knickerbocker Artists Association in New York City.
She served as a Board Member of the N.C. Watercolor Society as Vice-President, Corresponding Secretary.
A prolific artist, she was collected widely; Wachovia Bank has 200 of her pieces.
 
Collections: Dupont Industries Elon College
N.C. National Bank Northwestern Bank
First Union National Bank IBM Corporation
N.C. State Fair Jefferson Pilot Broadcasting
State Bank of Raleigh Occidental Insurance
Pfizer Corporation Waccamaw Bank and Trust
Winston-Salem Journal SAS Institute
Bordeaux Construction Co. Sheraton Hotels
American Health Homes Nello Teer
J.C. Reynolds Hyatt Hotels
US Airways
 
In 1991, she joined SAS; the largest privately owned software company in the world, as their Artist-in-Residence.
During her career at SAS, she commissioned 51 pieces of large-scale sculpture, and bought and coordinated the collection that now boasts 3,500 pieces. SAS has 400 pieces of her work.
In 1996, she helped the Town of Cary initiate their own art acquisition program. She wrote the first bylaws for Cary Visual Art and served as
Discovery Committee Chairman in 1999 and 2000. During this period, Cary acquired 15 pieces of large-scale sculpture.
Today, Holly still serves on the Discovery Committee for Cary and helps them brainstorm many projects.
Several more placements are due before the end of 2002.
In addition to her position at SAS Institute, Inc., she serves on the Board of Artspace in Raleigh, NC and on the N.C. Public Art Collection Management Committee
that oversees the states 80-piece collection.
A creative and diverse artist in her own right, she has worked with many artists across the nation and brings
a working knowledge of how to make art happen for her company and the community.

Holly and her husband own HBJFineArt Consulting and you can view their website at: www.hbjfineart.com
To contact this artist, click here: Holly.Jones@sas.com or hbjfineart@nc.rr.com

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