tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44057477582827379692024-03-06T04:03:16.277-05:00Sweat and VisionsArtist and educator is not afraid to let her hair down or roll her sleeves up in the persuit of a successful career in the arts. Sharing many tips along with practical nuts and bolts essentials.Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07718391155351706579noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405747758282737969.post-21402468539916734742012-12-31T09:41:00.003-05:002012-12-31T14:50:41.215-05:00Year in Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Every so often a year comes along that changes the course of direction. 2012 was a year like that on many levels. It's a good thing!
It was a year of artwork commissions for me as well. Here are some highlights.
This pastel was a sample piece I tried for a "new process" I thought up. I was wanting to make chalk pastels bigger than the paper I could find, and on panel. Worked out pretty nicely I think.
Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07718391155351706579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405747758282737969.post-39490455366477060932012-04-10T09:02:00.001-04:002012-04-10T09:02:14.034-04:0050th SpringSeems like most of the adjustments occurred during the 49th year, so that now it's just a matter of settling into this new phase I find myself in. Not that I particularly "embrace" these changes, but there appears little choice but to read the facts as best we can and go on with it.Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07718391155351706579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405747758282737969.post-27404744343958001972012-04-06T17:49:00.000-04:002012-04-06T17:49:10.878-04:00New Skills!This spring I made the computer switch to Macintosh Operating System so that I could take a class from Justin James Reed in Mac Media. The new skill sets are thrilling, and the possibilities enormous. Almost ready to post my first "Video montage..."Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07718391155351706579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405747758282737969.post-65835446677827978472012-02-03T12:18:00.000-05:002012-02-03T12:18:11.291-05:00New Year, New Direction.After 12 years of being an adjunct college art professor I am finally taking this spring all to myself! Big dreams and goals in mind.Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07718391155351706579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405747758282737969.post-47334418139466685922011-08-22T09:56:00.000-04:002011-08-22T09:56:11.410-04:00"Sanctuary" Solo Exhibition at The Turchin CenterThis week I will install my first big solo exhibition at The Turchin Center in Boone, NC!Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07718391155351706579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405747758282737969.post-62772779038611224432011-04-22T08:40:00.000-04:002011-04-22T08:55:15.881-04:00Breath of Fresh Spring Air!Time is so very fast these days! The planet seems especially grateful for spring this year, and spring seems especially fertile and beautiful. It has been hard to reconcile World tragedies of epic proportions with the beauty of spring. I keep those who are suffering in my thoughts and look for ways to be of service. After I juried the Virginia Intermont Fine Arts Exhibition and the Mountain Empire Community College Exhibition I turned my attentions to my own Virginia Highlands Student Exhibition at William King Museum. We had about 60 to 75 guests! I must confess, I am thinking of summer even as the daffodils fade, and the large task I have set for myself in my solo museum show. I am excited and anxious to be able to devote my full attentions to production! I dearly love my students, and they require significant attention in their own right, so I postpone huge new projects a few more weeks, working on sketches and models and plans. Today I will deliver a painting! Yippee! The economy moves! And I already have large rocks picked out to edge a new fire pit out back. What joy to be past the deep freeze!Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07718391155351706579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405747758282737969.post-63575273269704597262011-03-09T09:01:00.000-05:002011-03-09T09:04:57.082-05:00Busy Busy!This grand adventure continues full tilt! Read all about it in "A! Magazine for the Arts" here<br /><br /><a href="http://www.artsmagazine.info/articles.php?view=detail&id=2011030820311374418">http://www.artsmagazine.info/articles.php?view=detail&id=2011030820311374418</a>Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07718391155351706579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405747758282737969.post-72687932781905090932011-01-28T15:10:00.000-05:002011-01-28T15:12:42.007-05:00NY ArtsInternational Art Critic Edward Rubin gave me a full page in the current issue of NY Arts Magazine! Got my beautiful hard copies between the snow storms. Will figure out how to post a link...Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07718391155351706579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405747758282737969.post-14885955809003599962011-01-06T10:05:00.000-05:002011-01-06T10:09:10.032-05:001st Solo Museum Exhibition!My first Solo Museum Exhibition will be at The Turchin Center in Boone, NC from September 2011 to Jan 2012! I drove to Boone between snow storms to spend a day in the space, sitting and watching and looking from inside and out, measuring and sketching. Many many ideas! Now to sort them, figure them, and try them out in the scale model I've made...Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07718391155351706579noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405747758282737969.post-63674537294298455452010-09-29T09:04:00.000-04:002010-09-29T09:37:37.314-04:00September<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRmetgv1w8eH5QLNXb3Y9oXFlJoq69CcncN-7zVT8cYz7dEvk0bcLN-cFqFWxj4Nj8PcNS32uK2Z_xMWPsQrv7G9E-w57oT2qB5ow0JnPlLBddLIN_CA1HOnitTYs6o-iqOE__Ps69H2R3/s1600/val+lyle+5+-+email.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522329008479888610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRmetgv1w8eH5QLNXb3Y9oXFlJoq69CcncN-7zVT8cYz7dEvk0bcLN-cFqFWxj4Nj8PcNS32uK2Z_xMWPsQrv7G9E-w57oT2qB5ow0JnPlLBddLIN_CA1HOnitTYs6o-iqOE__Ps69H2R3/s400/val+lyle+5+-+email.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv9rynM5Vv-1GkA_8H8zg4Z1-8Z21_g0iVrPun8euN4emmWmWWgJF3_E3AxyP3QuW8bwLEaFWWGl9lqWZswlHJ1qjgHo4P3TQ-hPQOF4S59aagZseAXFeiDinySpfCztUW_X8ZVyaWxPlG/s1600/IMG_5113.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522329002801585618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv9rynM5Vv-1GkA_8H8zg4Z1-8Z21_g0iVrPun8euN4emmWmWWgJF3_E3AxyP3QuW8bwLEaFWWGl9lqWZswlHJ1qjgHo4P3TQ-hPQOF4S59aagZseAXFeiDinySpfCztUW_X8ZVyaWxPlG/s400/IMG_5113.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwA4Uq2cY7osN51r7GeErNCvVkPDKsL8HKQdGZglOcoSK74oH4OUlx6VUqhlHkDsnRom0Imxo7q-w7j_UzztNessZ3s51L2h0L4IhYjtFZOmMDXWgRrliiJ9BYbrocfKgq6AVreTODZwxQ/s1600/IMG_5115.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522328994507834066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwA4Uq2cY7osN51r7GeErNCvVkPDKsL8HKQdGZglOcoSK74oH4OUlx6VUqhlHkDsnRom0Imxo7q-w7j_UzztNessZ3s51L2h0L4IhYjtFZOmMDXWgRrliiJ9BYbrocfKgq6AVreTODZwxQ/s400/IMG_5115.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0HfbasstOGg2bTpMjmXtWJypmJqg5gL9DixpHDxG3wemuxCiO6lAKHk_RpIM7gK6ZT1mpmtumYxCcYYlupdT4BiWaiAZTCbdt3qKZmOmNxOrKx5SllJ4oV8sCUOJtNqUU2QHDXWh3gbrt/s1600/IMG_5119.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522328996332120626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0HfbasstOGg2bTpMjmXtWJypmJqg5gL9DixpHDxG3wemuxCiO6lAKHk_RpIM7gK6ZT1mpmtumYxCcYYlupdT4BiWaiAZTCbdt3qKZmOmNxOrKx5SllJ4oV8sCUOJtNqUU2QHDXWh3gbrt/s400/IMG_5119.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>My Solo Exhibition "Sanctuaries VI" at <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Kingsport's</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Renaissance</span> Center Gallery runs from September 26<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span> -October 21st, 2010, and features eight very large paintings that average five feet by eight feet! Six have never been seen before.</div></div></div></div>Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07718391155351706579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405747758282737969.post-15119917178541978552010-09-29T09:02:00.000-04:002010-09-29T09:04:01.592-04:00AugustI am the newest Resident Studio Artist at William King Museum in Abingdon, Va! Just in time for my upcoming exhibition.Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07718391155351706579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405747758282737969.post-46912859198542669402010-09-29T09:01:00.001-04:002010-09-29T09:40:25.314-04:00July"The Harvest Table" Restaurant in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Meadowview</span>, Va (Award winning author Barbra <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Kingsolver's</span> family Restaurant) hosts my latest solo exhibition!Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07718391155351706579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405747758282737969.post-25153326334052215412010-09-29T09:00:00.000-04:002010-09-29T09:01:00.654-04:00JuneLate GardenValhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07718391155351706579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405747758282737969.post-51766504963341226582010-05-09T18:35:00.000-04:002010-05-09T18:44:24.650-04:00Late SpringWorks in three exhibitions right now-Morgan Contemporary Gallery 4<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span> Invitational Teapots show in Pennsylvania has my <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">cocklebur</span> "Tea Time for <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Darfur</span>", Knoxville TN Airport has "Mountain City Stained Glass", a painting on canvas in a show <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">juried</span> by Steven Wicks of The Knoxville Museum of Art, and there is one of my big paintings at the Arts and Culture Emporium at 100 S. Gay Street in Knoxville TN.<br />Many of my works are on display at the new 606 State Street Gallery in downtown Bristol, TN.<br />Next week I give final portfolio reviews for my college art classes, then it's sweet sweet summertime! I have 10 years worth of ideas to create, easily 10 years worth!Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07718391155351706579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405747758282737969.post-10838169865421806382010-03-12T10:09:00.000-05:002010-03-12T10:14:07.423-05:00606 State Street GalleryThere is a new art gallery in Bristol TN / VA!<br />"606 State Street Gallery" will open in March 2010. A Co-op artist's gallery, the downtown location on the Tennessee side, nestled between the many famous antique stores and beside a pottery, the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">beautifully</span> refinished vintage space is dazzling.<br />look for my paintings and sculptures in the windows and in the far back left corner.<br />You'll see them!Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07718391155351706579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405747758282737969.post-53319928721994711072010-03-12T10:03:00.000-05:002010-03-12T10:15:15.768-05:00"22 Women" Exhibition at Blue Wind Mill GalleryFriday March 12<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span> 2010 is the opening of "22 Women", the first artist exhibition of the season for Blue Wind Mill Gallery in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Abingdon</span>, VA. My latest Painting "Waiting for the Cure" incorporates a <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">real tobacco</span> leaf and a shed snake skin into the mixed media painting on linen. It is a different direction for me, in that it works with the ideas and concepts of barn. slats of light, barn <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">architectural</span> shapes, the feeling of being inside an old Appalachian barn rather than a more realistic representation.Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07718391155351706579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405747758282737969.post-63580337107734425312010-03-12T09:53:00.001-05:002010-03-12T10:02:59.570-05:00Lecture at Ringling College of Art and DesignI was invited back to my Alma Mater to lecture to the senior students at Ringling College of Art and Design. It is quite gratifying to be welcomed "home", have time to discuss art and politics and the politics of art with former professors over an <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Italian</span> meal, visit old artists friends both from school and from outside of school, and talk serious shop with the new crop of artists.<br />We drove like crazy barely outrunning the grasp of a major snow storm, heading south. Stopped in Atlanta to see theLeonardo DiVinci show, it was amazing and pertinent, before heading to Sarasota. After a memoralble time there, we scooted over to Savannah for Valentine's Day. What a lovely city that is!Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07718391155351706579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405747758282737969.post-16391918778128666242010-03-12T09:36:00.000-05:002010-03-12T09:52:59.907-05:00"Real(ists)" Exhibition, Sarasota FLThe "Real(<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">ists</span>)" Exhibition curated by Kevin Dean of The Selby Gallery at Ringling College of Art and Design was an excellent concept with international top notch talent displayed to illustrate the many ways in which contemporary artists are using inspiration from the real world to create art.<br />"Tea Time for <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Darfur</span>" was included in the show, my <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">cocklebur</span> / burdock <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">jumbo</span> sized <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">tea set</span> that raises political and moral questions about the ongoing tragedy in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Darfur</span>.<br />Dean writes in the beautiful 40 page full color catalogue about my work;<br /><strong>Unpleasant and Shifting Realities</strong><br />Equally disturbing is Val Lyle's tea service made from cockleburs. The title refers to a real nightmare. Lyle called it <em>Tea Time for Darfur (from the Sticky Subjects Series.)</em> the sticky subject here is the death from starvation, disease and war of an estimated 300,000 people in the former British Colony, and our inability to stop it.Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07718391155351706579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405747758282737969.post-52626180552033324322010-02-18T13:12:00.000-05:002010-02-18T14:08:29.746-05:00"Sanctuary V" at Virginia Intermont College<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439659041971091938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXY69U5o_1fY2RmdGWOon56cFKslHYaX0U-WP4b-k1kGBLzldz8FJqAEWtWH_myo7u5ax68vIg1ILQIKyjgn63VEA9b5Jg8KYbI_VuYqqJsSC4wzRaRL2M6Bkw5H7jq_VLH4jsQGEXuh_9/s200/IMG_0695.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 201px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 151px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439654226754525394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS0afgW8zu7Wq6aQ2luDsaoJTUSAvHx7Nz-b7cyHPd7PijFMkzZh5DR5C-nGp4QyRP7MoiaHoiXnmWSpwU6tAbDjuFfRvqcyhTO0WR7efUxLAHi2_IMdItF6fbJLfoYApvXpW9IaG5z_hR/s200/IMG_0687.jpg" />From January to March 10<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span>, 2010 the fifth incarnation of the art exhibition "Sanctuary", my solo immersion / installation complete with tobacco, red clover hay and bailing twine is installed at Virginia <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Intermont</span> College in Bristol, VA.<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439654516514848882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCvvTG7Ux2qy3HuI3CRwnxiesD3O7zn7_bIIJVonkuegR1XP1F6Nw7uEhYBtDBx1Vd4SWqCUyblKNrNYxwrJK3_kaHmkF-bmP8qEHAqe4JFilzosXl2tqZuWqUyJLAKRjPT2PH3T8LO9dR/s200/IMG_0718.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439654244393457234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj82ES8S5iyF1mnsjptDOALlyvzKvO1MDDRjY_eAjrsdjb1mucmb3U1jdD6UO76OyKUkz8Q5_y3ogk4dF1vm0yn8fc85EW5eSRXwrNooAXRlFFERsq1ZJm0Pv_LddJhKs46kiQNT3eOF3V5/s200/IMG_0704.jpg" />In each exhibit new works are added and older works swapped out.<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439654522485183650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8p9_0MalaKkJ8taC4SfKYJwDq8l6esBhmdExiLCI_cBQFIxY5Lc48qUPZalEQ6MLXcVZAd7BCziIOlr6cTfxAfT3L69VVoSWbI3og20_AgX209YsiwzGXMH1tsIV2ajoQUt_rBuraULV0/s200/IMG_0724.jpg" />For this show a new 7.5 foot x 5 foot work is shown for the first time.<br />Gallery talk on Feb. 5<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span> at 5:30 pm was well <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">received</span>.<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439654228483292930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf3VhHCoypV2oaMueovdfe1MHiHktfdNe704qXNRs1IVUlFCvTDtJn40f4HEfJI8OGeT96TyOLSc7nmu82EJB0Obu1sZ_YS0YV459PBakGWrGc8JFzkHcCVGit5riLfqzdeGeRzajBsl82/s200/IMG_0692.jpg" />Thanks to all the brave souls who faced <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">wintry</span> weather to come out for the talk!Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07718391155351706579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405747758282737969.post-1016818611513670792010-01-23T12:38:00.000-05:002010-01-23T14:36:21.132-05:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4gyJxSLB910wNI7W452lo_hXCqDN5fWeEm9pmRkQ_6e02kWwerwvNVWjb0ss1Zlo3WXu1OnQugcnNGkhPNlNUR1ThIVvsTANVPdx76k9Nw7H9wc9CYSgYxP5PzTDrBVn-c2W9vC7USQyO/s1600-h/Look+Up+Barn+4+feet+x+five+feet+on+raw+linen+copy.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 255px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430020024189516898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4gyJxSLB910wNI7W452lo_hXCqDN5fWeEm9pmRkQ_6e02kWwerwvNVWjb0ss1Zlo3WXu1OnQugcnNGkhPNlNUR1ThIVvsTANVPdx76k9Nw7H9wc9CYSgYxP5PzTDrBVn-c2W9vC7USQyO/s320/Look+Up+Barn+4+feet+x+five+feet+on+raw+linen+copy.jpg" /></a><br /><div>The new year is picking up speed already! </div><div> </div><div></div><div>Raw Linen is my latest break through in painting. This one is four feet x five feet, and I have several more bigger ones in the works!</div><div><br />"Tea Time for <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Darfur</span>," my <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">cocklebur</span>/burdock <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">tea set</span> is in a big exhibition <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Jan</span>-Feb in Sarasota FL at The Selby Gallery curated by Kevin Dean called "Realists." There is a catalogue with images and thoughts on each piece by the curator. </div><div><br />I installed a solo show <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">yesterday</span> at Virginia <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Intermont</span> College in Bristol, VA running through March 15<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span> with a gallery talk by Moi on Feb 5<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span> at 5pm. </div><div></div><div>"May all the Best be Yet to Come!" </div>Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07718391155351706579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405747758282737969.post-69291385378119498592009-12-28T12:33:00.000-05:002009-12-28T12:46:39.602-05:00New Website for a New Year!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWdTcYu3A0gxsU_I-te_hVGeL83nhyphenhyphenHIJTUZvAWz78eJflxJNZLqQIqEzZt3Kt7FMgmEch3ux5NXwakpp9YU_Up7njPa-TsjlDY2hh-qGEEuZXKSsp3OWqaDI321275qqO6kQADy3X6Z7r/s1600-h/VAllyle_websketch.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 256px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420344706055451954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWdTcYu3A0gxsU_I-te_hVGeL83nhyphenhyphenHIJTUZvAWz78eJflxJNZLqQIqEzZt3Kt7FMgmEch3ux5NXwakpp9YU_Up7njPa-TsjlDY2hh-qGEEuZXKSsp3OWqaDI321275qqO6kQADy3X6Z7r/s320/VAllyle_websketch.jpg" /></a><br /><div>14 inches of beautiful heavy white snow right before the holidays gave the perfect oppertunity to slow down and regroup.</div><br /><div>A new webite is in order for the new year!</div><br /><div>Check out <a href="http://www.vglyle.com/">http://www.vglyle.com/</a> and let me know what you think of the layout, the tabs, the images and writings.</div><br /><div>I've referred to 2009 as "The Year I Missed!" because I was so incredibly busy I did not take time to smell the flowers. It felt like I needed to focus on laying groundwork, and in 2010 I'm hoping to build build build! And hopefully have a few moments of quality time.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>"May all the best be yet to come!"</div>Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07718391155351706579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405747758282737969.post-20431083498866387332009-11-04T17:20:00.000-05:002009-11-15T07:39:02.534-05:00CASA Light of Hope Sculpture Unveiling<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5KRFeeq4IVjrwWh9_iSzrGAHeSDK58A9APPyD3LPqy5Zn5PlkpeaDUOpCro9wOISwJqjTeJrB9EkJp-8lAiO4tQNci6bjma_kkjrvdA9Fp95AIASEYZbwrUDqUjzapWzdqATk0ix3lmQj/s1600-h/Best+CASA+long+shot+small+copy.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404302899008763730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5KRFeeq4IVjrwWh9_iSzrGAHeSDK58A9APPyD3LPqy5Zn5PlkpeaDUOpCro9wOISwJqjTeJrB9EkJp-8lAiO4tQNci6bjma_kkjrvdA9Fp95AIASEYZbwrUDqUjzapWzdqATk0ix3lmQj/s320/Best+CASA+long+shot+small+copy.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnKCxfrFweDay_MFhy1GljE3UF7fMcD-teDHtRLsbLvUE029LaDxoXQtuSBnjdYdpQ7xDHfm2ZYYCbC8NFWWxD2sMP2n0UbG0hcaNSlwy3OdYrO521Jez46ALl-qlFwLzoNi5mTqBB1qoh/s1600-h/Best+CASA+installed+small+copy.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404302900413456738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnKCxfrFweDay_MFhy1GljE3UF7fMcD-teDHtRLsbLvUE029LaDxoXQtuSBnjdYdpQ7xDHfm2ZYYCbC8NFWWxD2sMP2n0UbG0hcaNSlwy3OdYrO521Jez46ALl-qlFwLzoNi5mTqBB1qoh/s320/Best+CASA+installed+small+copy.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrB25kxcfeXtZba0DGwnoSIEMGLVjuWE-woinYYgd3j1_rmcKLqGJPl-XuiTyCKkAySH-p09a5kaRqQYqX7dSAJZdtl_697HKwkSjUrW_8MqCBOPtljbEFqiaZ6mo3xDACa22lLrB8VuBN/s1600-h/Best+CASA+close-up+small+copy.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404302894647213634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrB25kxcfeXtZba0DGwnoSIEMGLVjuWE-woinYYgd3j1_rmcKLqGJPl-XuiTyCKkAySH-p09a5kaRqQYqX7dSAJZdtl_697HKwkSjUrW_8MqCBOPtljbEFqiaZ6mo3xDACa22lLrB8VuBN/s320/Best+CASA+close-up+small+copy.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400381416736497426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1_kUspIYS2WCJMbLV39oep1SEmTlpHZxyTX1DRKDfl7BHHQN7yajxPex5Z-IOmtZld4yui47yzoQXBNkjMjrbT6ZFleADHCL8qoWT-X1UKe0fWuz5J0aMbCTPtmeNcxRuqNeNykQdzNF_/s320/IMG_6962+-+Copy.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Three years work culminates this coming Friday with the unveiling of Light of Hope in Downtown Knoxville, Tennessee. The sculpture in bronze of two life-sized children was commissioned by <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">CASA</span></span> of East Tennessee. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">CASA</span></span> stands for Court Appointed Special Advocates for abused and neglected children in juvenile court. These volunteers represent the best interests of the victimized child with the goal of securing a safe, permanent home. Both Federal and State laws allow judges to appoint <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">CASA</span></span> volunteers to "speak up" for the child's best interests. Light of Hope is both a memorial to loves lost due to child abuse and a celebration of lives saved by caring.<br /><br />Friday, November 6<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span></span> 2009 at 2pm at the Carey E. Garrett Juvenile Court Building in Knoxville, TN.</div></div><div> </div><div>The concepts for the sculpture were explored and refined in numerous meetings between myself and the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">CASA</span> volunteers, board members and director, Carolyn <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Doty</span>. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">Initally</span> we did not know if it would be marble or bronze, abstract or representational. At one point I asked "What emotion(s) do you want the sculpture to evoke? What do you want people to feel when they see this piece?" The answer was "Rage. And Hope." Rage that this problem exists in our community, Hope that we can make a positive change. From that consensus, I presented a dozen designs that were discussed and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">refind</span> into the powerful piece you see today. I chose the shape of a compressed triangle to deliberately call attention that this was not a standard "stable" square or rectangle, that something was askew. Diagonals in artworks are "action" loaded, and as you follow the sidewalk around the sculpture, the diagonals created by the stone call for action. I chose the black granite stone and the traditional <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">cemetary</span> base stone as a not-so-subtle reminder that this is a true monument. The distressed child on the right sits atop the inscription "In Memory of Lives Lost to Child Abuse" and the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">compforting</span> child on the left, who has an arm around the shoulders of the first child, sits atop the inscription "In Celebration of Lives Saved Through Caring." The life-sized children are a compilation of kind neighbors' and friends' children as I did not have specific models to work from.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 252px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400382487026407506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOOMcWJTWR71fEQHOQKrJkUOChWxgrRRPa4OyTVWoBD8lKeQfAwDOX_cptth9nptv3dtR6a1lgARmzaD3zECwVrJBI7hzCPM5W4zWCY_c8DZIg0HpX0a5eKgKocmMSjXDSCxlZenCvPQMR/s320/IMG_6975+-+Copy.jpg" /></div></div></div>Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07718391155351706579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405747758282737969.post-67641366623246103142009-11-04T17:14:00.000-05:002009-11-04T18:26:28.749-05:00Phooey on Vandalism<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMyk_LODHji5-Tbankz0iAnTZuFhZnWtR1SZEu13UgHl34y6-JgarLY53gEqkgs5V7pkYNccByrkh0b4fcujV1r46k5eXqbOh0dH7mttLJOdy1HR4GVhrfhVFIUUhA8AXI4Y4cQwRhC9Fe/s1600-h/IMG_6981.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400393306893921602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMyk_LODHji5-Tbankz0iAnTZuFhZnWtR1SZEu13UgHl34y6-JgarLY53gEqkgs5V7pkYNccByrkh0b4fcujV1r46k5eXqbOh0dH7mttLJOdy1HR4GVhrfhVFIUUhA8AXI4Y4cQwRhC9Fe/s320/IMG_6981.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Replaced the three stolen bronze sculptures in downtown Bristol for the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">permanent</span> children's scavenger hunt based in the book "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" over Halloween week-end. It was a huge amount of effort and work for so many folks! But they are back in place, with a <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">significant</span> increase in the amount of concrete and steel <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">securing</span>.... </div><div><br />Let the Caterpillar Crawl Resume!</div>Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07718391155351706579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405747758282737969.post-65975123578690317342009-10-22T03:20:00.000-04:002009-11-04T18:36:47.433-05:00"From These Hills" 2009 juried by Ray Kass<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuXccdTk95VPWiZiZRn1uNB-RNuoksP33zxig1vshYokprnd1K0V-UntFGXU5GjT4IgUqUsmaRWQ-5rawf-Dkq091TLdrXxDwLm1AEG3xziEAncEbtSFD-T_kz9WHrzp8zX4D4rxL5CKlv/s1600-h/Aileen's+Window+med.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 218px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400395988748149250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuXccdTk95VPWiZiZRn1uNB-RNuoksP33zxig1vshYokprnd1K0V-UntFGXU5GjT4IgUqUsmaRWQ-5rawf-Dkq091TLdrXxDwLm1AEG3xziEAncEbtSFD-T_kz9WHrzp8zX4D4rxL5CKlv/s320/Aileen's+Window+med.jpg" /></a><br /><div>"From These Hills" Contemporary Art in the Southern Appalachian Highlands, the big biennial exhibition at <a href="http://williamkingmuseum.org/">William King Museum</a> in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Abingdon</span></span>, VA opens Thursday Oct 22<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">nd</span></span> 2009. <a href="http://www.raykass.com/">Ray Kass </a>is the guest curator this year and will give a talk during the reception.<br />"Aileen's Window", my 7.5 feet tall by 5 feet wide painting from the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">inside</span> of my Great Grand Father's barn loft is included! 83 pieces by 37 artists representing all media is one heck-of-a-show not to miss. It will be on display from October 23, 2009 to February 14<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span>, 2010.</div>Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07718391155351706579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4405747758282737969.post-40696757120615538072009-10-08T11:59:00.000-04:002009-10-22T03:47:43.134-04:00Appalshop Show "Sanctuaries"Appalshop invited me to exhibit "Sanctuaries" as part of their 40th Birthday Celebration!<br />Opening Saturday Oct.10th along with String Band Day, free music lessons and a square dance!<br />I am honored to be a part of this wonderful and strong community asset in Whitesburg, KY.<br />If you are not already familiar with this institution, check them out at <a href="http://appalshop.org/">Appalshop.org</a>.<br />The finished installation looks GREAT.<br />I under-estimated the amount of work it takes to adapt to a new space, but I did necessary reconnaissance ahead of time to be able to put in long days and nights to adapt the show.<br />Every single wall mounted piece had to be re-done to fit their hanging system.<br />At Arts Depot, I had six helpers and three days to install.<br />At Appalshop I had the equivalent of two helpers and three hours to install.<br />It's amazing how much you can get done when you really focus!<br />The show looks really nice, and it's wonderful to see the same pieces in a different setting.Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07718391155351706579noreply@blogger.com0