RWC June artist to showcase fluid pouring works
Weems resident has long history of involvement in the arts
Rappahannock Westminster-Canterbury Resident Program Development Coordinator Amy Lewis comes by her interest in the arts quite naturally. Her father is involved in theater and the performing arts. Her mother is musically inclined, and her sisters have always enjoyed painting and drawing. A brother has been creative director for major ad agencies in St. Louis and Chicago and now owns an agency in Pittsburgh.
While Lewis has been a director, actor and board member with the Lancaster Players over the course of 25 years, RWC’s featured artist for June is relatively new to the visual arts community. She has a group of local professional artists, including two RWC residents, whom she considers strong supporters and valued mentors.
Describing herself as an “impatient” artist, Lewis often has several projects, employing varying techniques, in the works at the same time. She readily admits to getting bored easily. “I can’t ‘watch paint dry.’ I have to keep moving on to the next thing.”
Her newest passion is fluid pouring, which also is a popular class she teaches at RWC because, she says, “You can’t make a mistake.”
“Fluid pouring is a recipe you mix with liquid acrylic paint,” she said. “It becomes runny and has a very thin consistency. You pour it over a canvas and manipulate the design by tilting the canvas. You get some really neat abstract stuff, and sometimes you see some concrete form or figure you can pull out of the design.”
Lewis will show about 25 paintings in the June exhibition as well as some two-dimensional pieces where elements of the artwork “come out” of the canvas. A few of her works on display give a nod to breast cancer awareness with fitting names such as “Going Flat” and “Bare Necessities.”
Residents and community members are invited to view Lewis’s exhibition from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily throughout June in RWC’s Gallery Hall. Most of her work will be on sale and 10 percent of sales will to go to RWC’s Fellowship Fund.