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I believe that practicing art in any form expands the way in which we can interpret and respond to life. My mission is to inspire and enrich lives by creating art and by empowering creative expression in children and adults. Addie Boswell’s vibrant palette electrifies life’s small events. She paints the weather and the people and the color scheme of places she has lived, and the universal themes of community or weariness or wonder tend to show through. She admires the imagination of children and vividly remembers her own childhood; much of her work has an innocent exuberance. (Occasionally the subjects of her stories and paintings are filched directly from her students.) Oil painting remains her favorite medium; she loves the disciplined process as well as the fluidity of the paint and even the names: cadmium, alizarin, cerulean. She approaches collage in a painterly fashion, layering slivers of magazine paper to create rich undulations of color. In tribute to the innovation of street artists (and her own frugality), she frequently paints on recycled surfaces like cupboard doors. Addie grew up on a farm in Corning, Iowa and landed in Oregon after a
sojourn in Washington, DC. She has been writing and drawing since she
can remember; when she discovered oil painting ten years ago, she knew
she would be an artist for good. She loves the creative allowance of the
rainy season and the Portland community, which generates endless new crafts.
An inspiring mix of artists, entrepreneurs and small businesses help reinforce
her faith in everyday creativity, public art, and duct tape. Besides painting
in her home studio, she writes and illustrates picture books, teaches
a variety of recycled art classes, plays ultimate frisbee, and keeps an
eye out for poetic cracks. She lives with her boyfriend and cat in Southeast
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Copyright © 2005-2006 Addie Kay Boswell. Thanks. |
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