A couple of tricks from art school that are good to remember: When you're not certain about a painting, turn it upside down and stare at it for awhile. Then give it a quarter turn and stare it that way. The weaknesses of composition will become apparent. If you still aren't convinced, put it in the living room and prop it up on something and glance at it from time to time. The downside of this is that you will have a turkey in your living space, your turkey, haunting your comings and goings, surprising your eye with its unhappy, unfinished image.
If you're doing a portrait or some other representational piece, look at it in a mirror. The image will tell you if this is really what you want to convey. It will not tell you how to change it so that it will be.
This has been a crazy time. When I have to leave the house more than twice in one week, I resent it and feel harassed. It's the dentist this afternoon; after tomorrow, things should calm down. The operant word is should.
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Upon further Reflection on my Father
About Me
- 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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