There seems to be a mysterious, negative force working against an artist trying her best to get to the studio. It reminds me of the way those little scottie magnets behaved when I'd put the opposing ends of the magnets toward each other. No amount of my pushing would overcome the tendency to push each other away.
So it is with my coming down here. A million things intervene between us to make an entrance possible, even if things went well the last time I was here and I know what I need to do this time.
Now, the magnets would work again when I'd twist one around to approach the other differently. I need to know how to apply this principle to physically placing myself in this setting: opening the door, walking into the room, standing before the unfinished work, and deciding what I'll do next.
I'll have to work on that.
PW
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- Priscilla Wallace
- My first attempt to enter the world of fine art was through academic painting at the University of Texas at Austin. I learned what painting was, and, disappointingly, that I couldn’t do it. I left painting as one would leave a failed marriage. It was some years later that I approached making art through making crafts. Since then, I have come to regard fine crafts as fine art: The difference between the two exist on a theoretical level only, because a line separating them cannot be drawn—at least, not for me. In a world made of both “art” and “craft” I have found my home. My artwork seems to best be called “Crafted Paintings.” Still mindful of the principles of design, they are part collage, part mixed media painting, part constructions. They are likely to run off in any of these directions, or others, as the spirit moves them. That spirit expands most successfully when it is beautiful, whimsical, colorful, and rich. These pieces celebrate life in one aspect of it or another, and they seek to create joy in the heart of the viewer. View my art at www.artbycollage.com
Places currenly showing Priscilla's Art
- Mountain Micro Systems (828-438-9456)
- Hair and Nails Unlimited (828-433-0894)
- Valdese Heritage Arts Center (828-874-1849)
- Urban Artware (336-722-2345)
- Full Circle Arts (828-322-7545)
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1 comment:
In my case, I have discovered I am both magnetic poles and have managed consciously or subconsciously to get in my own way.
"Flipping the Scottie" is a real trick, but once you figure out how, the creative sky's the limit.
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