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The core of Bette's collections capture her native city's elaborate architecture built when Tulsa was the Oil Capital of the World. Of those, her three most popular collections are the Downtown Tulsa Series, the Museum Series, and the Downtown Churches Series. Maybe it is Bette's amazing eye for architectural line or perhaps it is because she knows the old stories behind these buildings that make her drawings simply come alive. Bette's pen brings to the Tulsa landmarks what no camera could and that is Old World elegance. Her work is breathtaking.
When people think of Tulsa, they usually imagine tornadoes on open dusty plains with a rattlesnake thrown in for good measure. Bette reminds us of tall, leafy maple trees in lovely old neighborhoods in a town that offers ballet, the opera, and a philharmonic orchestra. Bette’s Tulsa hosts one of the largest collections of art deco buildings in the world.
Ms. Jones received her Bachelor of Arts degree in advertising design from the Kansas City Art Institute and School of Design after graduating from Will Rogers High School. During her six years as a partner in a Tulsa advertising firm, Bette listened to what her customers wanted for their products then balanced that with what she “saw” in her heart and what would sell. “The challenge was to give my clients what they thought they wanted, but make it just a bit classier than what they had in mind.”
While on holiday sailing through the Greek Islands, Bette made elaborate travel journals for herself in pen and ink. Drawings of Yugoslavia then joined the Greek collection. After seeing the presentation drawings Bette made for her client’s during her second career. . . real estate . . . close friends finally convinced her that she needed to focus all of her attention on her art.
“I think the women of today have courage automatically built in, but it was not that way at the time when I grew up. Our generation had to have a lot of life experience before we got the courage to just vault out into outer space!”
Now people all over the world can enjoy Bette’s creations in the rooms of her Gallery Online and order copies to grace the walls of their own homes. Enjoy your gallery tour.
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