Jones stated in a interview with Judith Collins in 2006 ‘If there is any story, it could be seen through the self-portraits from 1974 to now. I look at you. You look at me. I let you look at me. YOU PROJECT ON TO ME. I begin to paint the props in my life with me in the paintings- walking sticks and glasses, also me looking more feminine. I grow, as does the subject. I start to think about the gaze and how this applies to me. When my husband and I walked out together he pointed out that people would look...I write these words on the canvas back to front. They are also small, so you have to go close to the canvas to read them.’