about the work

I build abstract paintings that hold bold color and layered surfaces in tension—structure pressed against movement, clean edges against scribbled lines, rhythm against stillness. Each piece is a negotiation between control and release, between what I plan and what the paint insists on doing.

Every work begins with sketching and exploring color relationships, then evolves through layers that build depth and spatial presence. Paint drips, shifts, pools—I let it. Fiber catches in wet surfaces. Gold leaf fractures the light. I rotate the canvas from easel to floor, letting gravity pull at what I’ve made, watching how the composition changes when seen from above, from below, from across the room.

Abstraction doesn’t ask to be solved. It asks you to look, return, and sit with it. I want these paintings to reward that attention—to shift as you do, to offer stillness or energy depending on what you need, and to become part of the daily rhythm of where they live.

about the artist

Aida Jones is an abstract artist and arts advocate based in Maplewood, New Jersey. A painter for over three decades, her work has been collected since she sold her first piece at 19 in a Maplewood gallery—the town she would later return to and call home. Her work is held in private collections and is permanently installed at Restaurant Lorena’s in Maplewood, where it exists as an ongoing presence within everyday life.

Grounded in the belief that paintings are meant to be lived with—not just viewed—Aida is deeply committed to strengthening the cultural fabric of her community. She currently serves as Chair of the Board of the South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC).

Aida enjoys working closely with collectors and interior designers, helping people find pieces they genuinely connect with—work that brings warmth, presence, and a sense of belonging into their homes.collections.