Upcoming Exhibits
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Artist’s Statement
"I paint flowers so they will not die."
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 visual life, and my own interpretation of it. I love describing space by placing emphasis on the world around an object, rather than the object, itself.
Whether, I am painting a landscape, figure, or still life, finding the pattern of the scene allows me to create an internal and external rhythm or breath in a piece. It’s the joy in this act of discovery that I am truly in love with and that I hope my paintings describe.
"I paint flowers so they will not die."
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 visual life, and my own interpretation of it. I love describing space by placing emphasis on the world around an object, rather than the object, itself.
Whether, I am painting a landscape, figure, or still life, finding the pattern of the scene allows me to create an internal and external rhythm or breath in a piece. It’s the joy in this act of discovery that I am truly in love with and that I hope my paintings describe.
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Biography
Lila Bacon is an award-winning artist who lived in Woodstock, NY. From 1973 until 2020. She studied studio art at Parsons school of Design in New York City and received her BFA from the New School in 1973.
After graduating, she moved to Woodstock, New York and pursued her plan to create art. Soon after, she met her husband Norman Bacon, and joined him in his flourishing pottery business. She helped develop an innovative series of pottery based in hand painting, thus beginning a lifelong collaboration.
In 1981 Lila and Norman opened Sweetheart Gallery in Woodstock, devoted to the work of contemporary artists and craftspeople. This space provided a venue for her work, as well.
Most recently, Lila was given the honor of being chosen form seven hundred applicants as one of seventy participants in the North Carolina Artists Exhibition being held at The North Carolina Museum of Art. She is the Vice Chair of the Orange County Artists Guild. Lila participated in a three-person show at the Muse Gallery in Carrboro in March and April of this year.
Lila Bacon is an award-winning artist who lived in Woodstock, NY. From 1973 until 2020. She studied studio art at Parsons school of Design in New York City and received her BFA from the New School in 1973.
After graduating, she moved to Woodstock, New York and pursued her plan to create art. Soon after, she met her husband Norman Bacon, and joined him in his flourishing pottery business. She helped develop an innovative series of pottery based in hand painting, thus beginning a lifelong collaboration.
In 1981 Lila and Norman opened Sweetheart Gallery in Woodstock, devoted to the work of contemporary artists and craftspeople. This space provided a venue for her work, as well.
Most recently, Lila was given the honor of being chosen form seven hundred applicants as one of seventy participants in the North Carolina Artists Exhibition being held at The North Carolina Museum of Art. She is the Vice Chair of the Orange County Artists Guild. Lila participated in a three-person show at the Muse Gallery in Carrboro in March and April of this year.
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