It's early morning here, and the best time of day. I love the sunrise from our mountain, looking east across the Catawba Valley. Just the fact that the sun is rising again seems to be an affirmation of faith from the night before; and now, as first light brings shapes out of darkness, the day stretches before us full of mystery and promise. Nothing that will happen has happened: Like runners at the line, we are poised in one long moment waiting for the starting gun.
The garden is still and quiet. Even the bugs are still asleep. In a few minutes, I'll finish my coffee and put in my half hour walking. But for now, I am still and quiet and peaceful, too.
This is when art is born, I think. The unworkable from yesterday can be fixed; questions can be asked and answered; the insurmountable has a ready solution. We, and all our paintings, are babies born to greet the dawn.
PW
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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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