For Jones, creating art – in any of its forms – is central to how we understand ourselves and the other people we share the planet with. Her work is inspired by the observation of how people choose to live their life, from what they eat for breakfast to how they’ve buttoned their shirt.

She adds: “Whether it’s God or the Devil that’s in the detail, I don’t know; but I do know that in observing, recording and refining a subject, it is impossible to not connect with them. My greatest hope is that someone looking at my work could have that same experience.”

Bailey agrees that Jones has a deep connection to her subjects, a sensitivity beyond her years. “Her work evokes an atmosphere I am not qualified to explain,” she says, “except that our fangirl conversations circling heroes like Alice Neel and Paula Rego, make perfect sense in relation to her artistic exploration.

“She is an adventurer in life and art, absorbing and transforming her influences and relationships so that the mundane becomes mystical, physical evidence psychologically revelatory. Powerful yet intimate and subtly subversive, I am emotionally attached to the multidisciplinary work and her journey, from London to Manhattan and beyond, and proud to champion Freya Jones.”

While still studying at the New York Studio School in Manhattan, Jones scored a sell-out show of drawings at Alex Eagle’s Soho space, based on a collection of vintage furniture shown at 180 The Strand, London. She has also just finished one of her biggest paintings to date, a three-week life pose. She teases that there are more projects to come. Until then, she says, “I’m just trying to get better and push myself.”