I am assembling a collection of my pictures for all to see. I would like to invite everyone to come and see these pictures in person, at the school I attended many many years ago: Kennedy Elementary School in Northeast Portland. The school closed in the 1970's and sat vacant for many years. The ghosts ran free.
The building was then rescued from the wrecking ball and transformed into a restaurant and tavern and bed and breakfast and movie theater and live music venue. There are paintings all over the walls and the halls echo with music and children's voices. It is a disarming realm for the serious adult.
This is a great return for me. The idea for this exhibition was inspired by my old friend and fellow Kennedy student Molly Young, and my new friend and fellow Kennedy student Ed Knowles. They devised this event and let me run away with it.
At Kennedy everybody called me Eddie. As a young adult I shortened it to "Ed." Finally, upon reaching middle age, all of my identification and bills are labeled with my legal name, "Maitland Jones." Maitland Jones is more unique and I like it. Ed is my nickname; almost everybody calls me that. "Ed Jones Dream Language" is an unpretentious stripped down version of myself. I am letting the hidden child run free again.
My pictures are a language. As a language, it is a device for exchange between people. My art is a two-way street. It is important for me to hear what people say in response. Then I will respond.
Then this event will pass to the phantom world.
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