Upcoming Exhibits
THE ART TEAM IS VERY SORRY TO ANNOUNCE
THAT, DUE TO THE PAINTING OF THE SANCTUARY, THIS EXHIBIT WILL NOT HAPPEN |
Artist: Lila Bacon
Title: I paint flowers so they will not die Dates: May 4, 2024 - June 30, 2024 |
Artist Statement
Making art has always been an integral part of my life.From the time I was a child, I knew it was a tool, a way of
channeling the world around me through my vision. I’ve always felt extremely lucky and blessed to have this friend, this lucky penny in my back pocket, this drive to guide me along the road of my life. I am inspired by the visual, and my own interpretation of it |
Ms. Bacon graduated from Parsons School of Design/ The New School in 1973, where she had the opportunity to study with many
talented artists. She then moved to Woodstock, NY with the plan to pursue her art.
Soon after, she met her future husband, Norman, and joined him in his flourishing pottery business, where she added her
creativity and helped develop an “innovative” series of work based in hand painting.
In 1981, Lila and Norman opened the Sweetheart Gallery, in Woodstock, N.Y., devoted primarily to the showing of fine American arts and crafts. For over forty years, this space provided a venue for her own work, as well. Although, she has concentrated on different media, including charcoal, pastels, and watercolors, for the past twenty five years, she has been working primarily in acrylics.
At the beginning of Covid, she came to North Carolina to help her daughter care for her newborn child.
Thinking she would stay a week, which turned into fourteen months, they decided to make North Carolina their new home.
She is the vice chair of OCAG and participates the the yearly OCAG tour.
talented artists. She then moved to Woodstock, NY with the plan to pursue her art.
Soon after, she met her future husband, Norman, and joined him in his flourishing pottery business, where she added her
creativity and helped develop an “innovative” series of work based in hand painting.
In 1981, Lila and Norman opened the Sweetheart Gallery, in Woodstock, N.Y., devoted primarily to the showing of fine American arts and crafts. For over forty years, this space provided a venue for her own work, as well. Although, she has concentrated on different media, including charcoal, pastels, and watercolors, for the past twenty five years, she has been working primarily in acrylics.
At the beginning of Covid, she came to North Carolina to help her daughter care for her newborn child.
Thinking she would stay a week, which turned into fourteen months, they decided to make North Carolina their new home.
She is the vice chair of OCAG and participates the the yearly OCAG tour.