Adelaide Jones

Adelaide Jones is a 17-year-old artist who attends Raleigh Charter High School and lives in Raleigh, North Carolina. Although Adelaide only really began drawing in her freshman year of high school, she quickly fell in love with the freedom of expression involved in the process. She appreciates mixing mediums the most, though oil painting has a special place in her heart, and is extremely willing to play with any new materials that arise. In her free time, Adelaide enjoys reading and playing a whole bunch of musical instruments, as well as going to antique stores with her friends. During quarantine, she became especially fond of photography, and she uses her mom’s old manual camera to take the majority of her film photographs. Adelaide’s portfolio consists mainly of detailwork and style experiments, and she hopes to continue this progress, as well as add a few more mediums, in the future.

The Residency

My piece, “Minute Hand,” is inspired by the idea that no matter how hard I fight it, time will continue to pass; there’s nothing I can do to stop the world from spinning, nothing I can do to stop moments from ending. Many elements in the piece point towards this ideal: the literal “hands” in the bottom right corner are both punching and moving as hands on a clock; the overlaying fabrics point to time overlaying memories that you can’t revisit, no matter how hard you try; the torn through shirt shows the process of growing and leaving behind. Even the faces in the top right corner and center of the piece show the movement of time: first, the upper face is visibly less delicate and “young” than the first face; and second, the faces are in the style of 17th century oil paintings, which are difficult to find nowadays and even harder to renew the practice of. That style of artwork has been taken by time, and once I’m finished, this piece will also be behind me.