This coming weekend, several artists in the county are traveling together to the mountains to see some successful art programs there. The Arts Council is expecting us, we'll be royally treated, and we'll come home wondering what it would take to have these amenities in our little redneck corner of the Western Piedmont.
What it will take is the fervor of many local artists who are willing to make the sacrifices in time, effort, and any useful personal resources to see it happen. Since I am the one who has beat the drum the loudest, I fear it will land on me to be the sustained inspiration for all this. I see a problem here: I have enough trouble trying to sustain my own inspiration. Being the driving force behind a Cause, Movement, or Vision really is a bridge too far.
I've agreed with myself to just see what happens. If it takes off, it was an idea appearing at the right time and place. If it doesn't, the time for the idea was wrong. In that case, it must be carrried forward by younger artists of willing spirits....
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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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