Here it is, the end of July, already. I was up at 6:00 this morning and realized that the sunrise was barely beginning to happen, meaning that fall approaches with its inevitably shorter days and whisperings of winter. I wish I didn't hate it so much.
The uppermost thought I have, while messing around in the studio, is the show in May. Can I possibly put out enough pieces by then that I really like--enough pieces to choose from--that will group well for an exhibition? In the wee small hours, when I wake up in the dark worring about this, I feel like the character in the fairy tale who was confined in the tower to make straw into gold. (She called on Rumplestiltskin who did the trick, you remember, and saved her hide.)
Agreeing to an exhibition is really stepping into the void and trusting that you will get firm footing and keep it. It's a great act of faith, or it's a most arrogant show of bravado imaginable.
We'll see. Sigh.
PW
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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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