Art

Cane Garden Bay, Tortola Mangroves by Allison L. Williams Hill

I use mixed media a lot when producing art. Different materials produce unique qualities when they are layered together.

From lessons my mother purchased for me from the Famous Artists School, I think was the first art correspondence school, traveling to Jamaica, New York for six Saturdays with my friend, Karen Dixon, who gave her time to be my traveling companion and busied herself while I attended art classes for which I will always be grateful, and attending the High School of Art and Design all contributed to what I do today.

I met an African-American artist when he was teaching seniors at the James A. Bland Houses where we lived. I would play with friends and other children and then go into the room and watched skilled elders used oils to paint the still lifes of fruits and flowers or other arrangements. I looked at the arrangement. their faces, and the path of the brush from the palette to the canvas.

I observed for a couple of years before I got up the courage to bring in a portrait of a woman. This artist shared his wisdom about color- how hair and skin had more than one shade. The woman's face began to move out beyond the page, with 3 dimensional quality. I then realized how flat the image was before.

I don't remember the artist's name. His last name, I think, ended with "ton". I remember his son's name was Junius. He had a great, warm smile. And he always welcomed me into his "studio".

I produced art for the Spanish teacher but he never saw them. I thought they were not good enough and discarded them.

At high school I had the opportunity to combine art with science through architectural design which became my major at Pratt Institute. Later, at Delphi University, taking Entura Art with Patricia Hayes brought the love of art full circle.

Electric Plant mixed media	Hong Kong I ink pen and marker	Japan I ink pen and marker	Japanese Gate ink pen and marker

Japan Marker ink pen and marker	Nature I charcoal on illustration board