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Nancy Veatch
I am Christian, a mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, cousin and probably more I ‘m not aware of now, professionally young and physically old. I’ve been in the Navy, oil field, farmers market, bars, restaurants, hospitals, parts houses. The Lord must have really become frustrated because He finally hit me on the head with the idea of school to become a teacher of children. This was the agenda until I took an art appreciation class. The images that I had seen many times over at this time seemed to reach out with colors and shapes. The professor said I should take more art classes so I did and let myself literally get sucked in to the world of making the shapes and colors that I had seen.
My chosen medium, clay, actually there was no choice. The material seemed to be an extension of my soul. I can reach into and mould it until something appears. When I work techniques don’t separate themselves, one so called technique blends into another depending on the intended form. There is not a thought process that says “well, now I will coil or soft slab”. These words only appear when explaining to another about the process, actually there is no language when a work is started.
My love is sculpture and throwing is second. I work to improve my skill in throwing and actually spend more time throwing. I think that if I could throw as skillfully as I should then I’d probably never throw again.
When I need to work, there is so much I need to know that I usually go to the wheel with the thought of design and glazing. When I start sculpture, I’m more at ease and comfortable especially with the human or animal form. I don’t worry about design and glazing. I rely on the form and like the unglazed texture of the clay.
Anything made to edify, stimulate thought, make a statement is art. Art is all around us architecture, landscaping, clothes cars, furniture etc. The thought that art is exclusive and only the gifted can “create art” is foolish. Art making is a learned skill accessible to anyone.
I’ve been working in clay since1996 and I work best when I work for myself but always are persuaded by demands to work for other reasons. Life always gets in the way. A successful artist doesn’t let life get in the way.
Art was being made through the 40’s.I’m not impressed with modernism and postmodernism. Expressionism and abstract expressionism are always exciting. I don’t consciously model what I do because of influence from any artistic movement. I am taken with the work of Rodin and Van Gough.
Artists are treated with esteem and respect but sometimes as unnecessary.
I like the Museum of Modern Art because they have many of my favorites, most of all Starry Night by Van Gough.
IMG_7422
Nancy Veatch
I am Christian, a mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, cousin and probably more I ‘m not aware of now, professionally young and physically old. I’ve been in the Navy, oil field, farmers market, bars, restaurants, hospitals, parts houses. The Lord must have really become frustrated because He finally hit me on the head with the idea of school to become a teacher of children. This was the agenda until I took an art appreciation class. The images that I had seen many times over at this time seemed to reach out with colors and shapes. The professor said I should take more art classes so I did and let myself literally get sucked in to the world of making the shapes and colors that I had seen.
My chosen medium, clay, actually there was no choice. The material seemed to be an extension of my soul. I can reach into and mould it until something appears. When I work techniques don’t separate themselves, one so called technique blends into another depending on the intended form. There is not a thought process that says “well, now I will coil or soft slab”. These words only appear when explaining to another about the process, actually there is no language when a work is started.
My love is sculpture and throwing is second. I work to improve my skill in throwing and actually spend more time throwing. I think that if I could throw as skillfully as I should then I’d probably never throw again.
When I need to work, there is so much I need to know that I usually go to the wheel with the thought of design and glazing. When I start sculpture, I’m more at ease and comfortable especially with the human or animal form. I don’t worry about design and glazing. I rely on the form and like the unglazed texture of the clay.
Anything made to edify, stimulate thought, make a statement is art. Art is all around us architecture, landscaping, clothes cars, furniture etc. The thought that art is exclusive and only the gifted can “create art” is foolish. Art making is a learned skill accessible to anyone.
I’ve been working in clay since1996 and I work best when I work for myself but always are persuaded by demands to work for other reasons. Life always gets in the way. A successful artist doesn’t let life get in the way.
Art was being made through the 40’s.I’m not impressed with modernism and postmodernism. Expressionism and abstract expressionism are always exciting. I don’t consciously model what I do because of influence from any artistic movement. I am taken with the work of Rodin and Van Gough.
Artists are treated with esteem and respect but sometimes as unnecessary.
I like the Museum of Modern Art because they have many of my favorites, most of all Starry Night by Van Gough.