Spring Break
Stark Galleries showcase artist Shirley Crow
By: Jill Beathard
Issue date: 10/9/08 Section: News
"Bad things are a gift in an odd sort of way," Crow said. "You become more aware of life, more appreciative."
In her art, Crow became more interested in the world rather than her personal situation. We live in a much different world than the one she grew up in, Crow said, a world of almost unimaginable possibilities.
"I try to express that drama in my work," Crow said. "The change in the world and how that change is speeding up."
Every painting has a human figure in it somewhere, Potter said. Crow said the figures are a humorous element for her, but that the figures also represent humans trying to understand the universe and find their way. She loves art history and traditional styles. She said that she wants her work to mirror what's going on in the world.
She said she never works on something unless she feels excited about it, and then she paints on autopilot. She looks through her sketchpad of doodles until something catches her eye that she wants to paint. She keeps her ideas vague.
"You may have one idea, but the painting has a different idea," Crow said. "So you go with it."
Crow said that she has trained herself to stop when the painting stops flowing.
"You don't control it," she said. "You're like a puppet. I think this is common for many artists … I think even in other activities, you're better off if you just follow your intuitions."
Dao said his favorite piece was "The Beginning and the End," a painting of two red orbs breaking off from one.
"It reminded me of mitosis," Dao said. "The focal point of the painting is empty space, which makes you think of the creation of the new cells and the old cell no longer existing."
It is free to view the exhibit. The VAC will exhibit the sculptures of artist Kristy Deetz beginning Oct. 29.
In her art, Crow became more interested in the world rather than her personal situation. We live in a much different world than the one she grew up in, Crow said, a world of almost unimaginable possibilities.
"I try to express that drama in my work," Crow said. "The change in the world and how that change is speeding up."
Every painting has a human figure in it somewhere, Potter said. Crow said the figures are a humorous element for her, but that the figures also represent humans trying to understand the universe and find their way. She loves art history and traditional styles. She said that she wants her work to mirror what's going on in the world.
She said she never works on something unless she feels excited about it, and then she paints on autopilot. She looks through her sketchpad of doodles until something catches her eye that she wants to paint. She keeps her ideas vague.
"You may have one idea, but the painting has a different idea," Crow said. "So you go with it."
Crow said that she has trained herself to stop when the painting stops flowing.
"You don't control it," she said. "You're like a puppet. I think this is common for many artists … I think even in other activities, you're better off if you just follow your intuitions."
Dao said his favorite piece was "The Beginning and the End," a painting of two red orbs breaking off from one.
"It reminded me of mitosis," Dao said. "The focal point of the painting is empty space, which makes you think of the creation of the new cells and the old cell no longer existing."
It is free to view the exhibit. The VAC will exhibit the sculptures of artist Kristy Deetz beginning Oct. 29.
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