There were symbols carved into the stone steps on the grounds - fish, birds, people. Old Stories My first remembrance of the symbols was in Vence, France at the Karolyi Institute where I had a fellowhip. They would start out very personal as I traced my own shape and then evolve into less personal works concentrating on color and shape. That is how I started going beyond the symbols and did the body shapes which evolved into ghosts. My good friend Cindy Neuschwander kept sending me images of her new work - self portraits. Inside Stories I had to ask myself the question, “If one is going to paint, what do you paint?”. West Virginia State College (now University) offered me a one year position (which eventually lead to tenure). After the Sunrise show, there were lots of art offers and I realized I had many opportunities and I had to fulfill them. It was an exhibit that allowed me to look at things differently. This was the installation show (influenced by the Rothko Chapel) with the enormous water and rock installation. Simultaneously, Ric Ambrose offered me an exhibit at Sunrise Museum.
In the early 90’s, when my grandmother was very old and in poor health, I came back here to live again. Crossroads For many years, every time I thought I was going to leave West Virginia it pulled me back.
This piece includes comments on 21 years of my work right up until the last few weeks. Paula Clendenin Personal Symbols: 1990 - 2011 In the statements below I explore the visual elements found in my prints and paintings, how they came to be, disappear and resurface again.
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