"I'm a lover of nature. I have to paint from within …. As I used to tell my students, anything I do must be of a caliber that will live after me. That is really my credo, even now," said Lois Jones when she was in her 80s. Dur-ing an artistic career that spanned more than 6 decades and continued until the end of her life, she sought excellence and a place in art history. When, in her early efforts, she realized that textile design entailed anonymity, she aban-doned it. "As I wanted my name to go down in history, I realized that I would have to be a painter. And so it was that I turned immediately to painting."
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