Helen Jones Gallery has to be one of the most eclectic galleries that
Sacramento has to offer. To understand where this eclecticism comes from, one
only needs to get to know a little about Helen herself.
Helen Jones is a native Sacramentan, who was married to her high school
sweetheart Gordon Jones, who later became a major league baseball pitcher. Being
the wife of a ball player took Helen across the United States as well as Cuba
and Venezuela. On those adventures, she was afforded the opportunity to dance
with Dezi Arnez, sing with Keely Smith, and swim with Ester Williams. Before
starting Helen Jones Gallery in 1988, Helen worked for the California
Legislature, beginning as a messenger and retiring thirty-one years later as
Chief of Staff for Senator Waddie Deddeh. Her greatest achievement, Helen says,
has been the rearing of her three successful children: Gary Jones who owns ATV,
a video production company in Sacramento; Greg Jones who is a publishing
consultant and is sought after in North America for his circulation expertise;
and Janet Berry who recently became the first woman Chief Judge of the 2nd
Judicial District Court of Reno, Nevada.

A stroll through Helen Jones Gallery is always an adventure that entices the
eye and touches the emotions. The works of Italian artist Luigi Stefano
Cannelli, who in cooperation with California State University Sacramento mounted
that artist's first American exhibit, vividly depeicts allegorical themes of the
Renaissance, Spanish master Jose Royo who creates dramatic impressionistic
portraits, and local artist Sergei Yatsenko all paint in a style that hearkens
back to the works of the old masters. Other local artists include: Robert Wee,
who captures with great detail in oils northern California coastal and foothill
scenes that have garnered prizes in prestigious shows; Sergey Gritsak's
landscapes of local points of interest and waterways offer a meditative look at
the beauty in our natural surroundings through his masterwork pastels; Jerianne
Van Dijk, who works in watercolors to produce a lush, dreamy quality in her work
to convey a mood or a moment in time since passed; and watercolorist Nancy
Kaestner, whose attention to detail brings her florals to life with a vibrancy
that one would swear they had been picked especially for them. Russian
transplant Yuroz and Croatian artist Zvonimir Mihanovic convey pure emotion
through their artwork. Yuroz's work is that of simple beauty with romantic
scenes of relationships in full bloom punctuated with brilliant colors that
dazzle and stir ones senses. Mihaovic's resplendant scenes of small fishing
boats on placid waters relax and calm the viewer better than your best
aromatherapy candle.

If it's whimsy you are looking for, you will find it in the works of Alexander
Ivanov, whose unique linocuts are hand colored with pigments only available in
Russia, as well as the kinetic wire sculptures from Paris, France by Vincent
Magni, The cheerful antics of the solid bronze frogs by the "World Famous
Frogman", Tim Coterill and the elegant "Beauty in Bronze" sculptures by Tarkay.

Exclusive in Sacramento to Helen Jones Gallery is P. Buckley Moss, whose prints
depict American and Amish scenes in a primative, stylized manner. It was by way
of Moss and Helen's sister, that owns a gallery in the Bay Area, that Helen was
introduced to the world of art and inspired Helen to open a gallery of her own.
Also exclusive, is premier maritime artist John Stobart, Victorian artist Alan
Maley, and British artist Roy Woodard-Fairchild, whose serigraphs are rich, soft
tapestries of collage that tell a story that unfolds before ones eyes.

"It's not work", says Helen, when asked about her gallery."I enjoy having the
opportunity to enlighten the community about the joys and wonders of art."