‘One Cow & Some Australians’ will be next Meet the Artist topic

Gazette editor Jerry Jones of Colfax will share two distinct styles of his art in the next Meet the Artist program. He will present “One Cow & Some Australians” Nov. 4 at 7 p.m. in the library’s new downstairs meeting room on Main Street in Colfax. The series is co-sponsored by Colfax Arts Council and Whitman County Library.

Jones will talk about the creation of Patience Palouse, mascot of the Palouse Empire Fair for a number of years. He will also “debut” oil paintings which derived from a Rotary Group Study Exchange trip to Australia in 1975.

Jones credits his mother for inspiring him to “do...