Down East Animal Refuge - Scotland Neck North Carolina

Maryellen Jones is a native of Scotland Neck, and is a member of the Halifax County Arts Council. She grew up in the Mary's Chapel community where she attended Halifax County public schools. She studied art at Incarnate Word College in San Antonio, Texas, and the Maryland Instute of Art in Baltimore.

Ms. Jones specializes in pen and charcoal, but also paints with oils and acrylics. She teaches art at Halifax Community College's campus in Scotland Neck. She and her students presented art for the corridors at Our Community Hospital in Scotland Neck. Her murals can be seen brightening the hallways of the rehabilitation department of Heritage Hospital in Tarboro.