'HANDS-ON' ARTIST CREATES PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND MORE MULTIMEDIA EXHIBIT OPENS TODAY AT CEDAR CENTRE GALLERY.Byline: Peggy Hager Staff Writer LANCASTER - A three-week exhibit of works by local artist Phyllis Southworth kicks off today at Cedar cedar, common name for a number of trees, mostly coniferous evergreens. The true cedars belong to the small genus Cedrus of the family Pinaceae (pine family). Centre Art Gallery, which is hosting a reception from 1-5 p.m. Thirty of Southworth's water colors Wa´ter col`or 1. (Paint.) A color ground with water and gum or other glutinous medium; a color the vehicle of which is water; - so called in distinction from 2. A picture painted with such colors. , pastels, collages and oil paintings, along with several sculptures, will be on display through Sept. 27. ``My work, it features a lot of faces, hands and eyes because I think those features are so expressive in a human being,'' Southworth said. ``As an art teacher, I work with so many different kinds of media ... I don't really stick to one.'' Several of her paintings adorn the walls of her Palmdale home, most of them featuring faces and hands done black and dark blue. Her collages also feature the same theme but are created from paper cut from magazine pages. ``The collages I've been doing are very unusual because it's all cut paper. I use an X-Acto knife and magazines just to cut out color and I put it together like you would a puzzle,'' said Southworth, who calls her style cubist. A serious painter since high school, Southworth majored in art at Point Loma Point Loma is a neighborhood of San Diego, California. Geographically it is a hilly peninsula that is bordered on the west and south by the Pacific Ocean, the east by the San Diego Bay and Old Town and the north by the San Diego River. University and also attended the Otis Parsons Parsons, city (1990 pop. 11,924), Labette co., SE Kans.; inc. 1871. It is a shipping point for dairy products, grain, and livestock. Manufactures include ammunition, wire and paper products, plastics, and appliances. Art Institute in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . She is currently in her 15th year of teaching at Tropico Middle School and her third year as president of the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Allied Arts Association. Her studio fills a bedroom in her home, with cans of paintbrushes paintbrushes see castilleja. covering a table. Paintings are stacked against a cabinet with sculptures covering the top. As with every artist, Southworth says she occasionally hits that mental block. ``Sometimes I'll look at my work and think I just want to burn it all up. Everything I've ever done. I hate everything. I think that's part of growing as an artist, you get to a place where you look at your work and are unhappy with it. You think, I'm not satisfied with the level I am,'' said Southworth. ``Just like a writer where you hit a wall and you just say, I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. how to get past this place. ``You don't want necessarily to do the same thing - it has to be fresh, it has to be inspired.'' To re-energize, Southworth returns to nature, often taking long walks on the beach. She also finds inspiration in her teaching. ``Teaching, sometimes when I'm introducing something or I'm teaching the kids something about art, it inspires me because they're questioning and you're teaching and it just stirs up your artistic juices.'' As an artist who studied during the 1960s, Southworth is very impressed with the quality of work from some of her students. ``Every year I have students that are so gifted it's scary. I have students who are so advanced in their skill, they're way past where I was at their age,'' Southworth said. Southworth is also a musician, playing guitar and piano. She has been in the Vineyard vineyard, land on which cultivation of the grape—known as viticulture—takes place. As many as 40 varieties of grape, Vitis vinifera, are known. Christian Fellowship worship band for 20 years as a singer and musician and incorporates the themes of music and religion into her artwork as well. ``I think all my paintings are spiritual because I don't think we can do anything in life without reflecting something about our inner life,'' said Southworth. For Southworth, learning is a lifelong process that continues even after the formal lessons stop. ``I guess every artist at some point becomes self taught. You learn so much about technique and then you have to find your own way and your own form of expression because no one can lead you there,'' she said. ``You have to find your way, like Picasso found his whole cubism cubism, art movement, primarily in painting, originating in Paris c.1907. Cubist Theory Cubism began as an intellectual revolt against the artistic expression of previous eras. and his whole way of expressing art was totally different. And every artist really has to kind of find the kind of art to express what they want to say.'' The Cedar Centre Art Gallery is open 1-5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. Admission is free. For more information call (661) 942-0187. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Sallie Thatcher Thatch·er , Margaret Hilda. Baroness. Born 1925. British Conservative politician who served as prime minister (1979-1990). Her administration was marked by anti-inflationary measures, a brief war in the Falkland Islands (1982), and the passage of a and Ralph Vasquez admire the art of Phyllis Southworth, whose exhibit opens at the Cedar Centre Art Gallery today. The display includes oils, water colors and sculptures. (2) Much of Phyllis Southworth's artwork - on display at the Cedar Center gallery - features human faces, hands and eyes. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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