Terrel Jones is a Montana artist who has worked for the Troy School District as an art and foreign language instructor since1983. She has recently retired to concentrate her efforts on her painting. Terrel has opened an art studio and gallery in downtown Troy, MT. She exhibits other artists' work as well as her own, uses the studio space to paint and teach adult painting classes.

Terrel's interests include painting, batik, and pottery with an emphasis on surface design and patterning. Her informal training includes three years of art courses at Western Washington University, and ten years of living and teaching in Lima, Peru. Upon her return in 1979, she attended Western Montana College, Dillon, completing an Art Education degree in 1983.

She received her Masters in Art at the University of Montana in 1999. She credits South American Native art for her preferences in choices of colors and patterns. Ms. Jones' unique style has gained her recognition in Montana and the surrounding areas.