The latest exhibition at the Santa Maria Public Library will feature the two passions of one artist: painting live models and developing paintings from sketches made while traveling.
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Lompoc artist Joan Jones’ show “Faces and Places” includes local scenes, as well as scenes from Mexico, Norway, and France.
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The show will hang in the Shepard Hall Gallery—in the Santa Maria Public Library, 421 S. McClelland St.—through September. The show is free to visit.
This article appears in Sep 3-10, 2009.

