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| By DIANE SMITH |
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tion that evening from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Founders Room. The exhibit runs through Sunday, October 6. |
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If you enjoy oil paintings, you'll want to check out the upcoming exhibit at the Belvedere-Tiburon Library Founders Room. Teri Roney's impressionistic oils are the kind you admire at first sight. Her whimsical scenes take viewers back through the years to their own childhoods when all was right with the world. The happy children depicted are running, playing in a pond, enjoying the beach — in short, having fun.
Considering the quality and appeal of the work, it's surprising to note that Roney took up painting a mere two years ago, although she did do figure studies at age 16 on a college art scholarship. After leaving Utah in 1985, the English literature major did a smattering of free-lance work as a documentary writer, reporter and producer while living in San Francisco. Later, she wrote and illustrated children's stories for her grandchildren and self-published them in two books. |
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When a friend saw the books, he told her she should try oil painting and gave her a starter set with eight tubes of paint, two brushes and a canvas. Shoving it into a closet, Roney forgot about the set until six months later when she pulled it out and painted some plush, toy rabbits. Gradually, she began painting children from candid photographs. There are no distinct faces in her works. "I found I was really interested in body language, motion and movement." she said. "I like the process of catching a moment or feeling."
Roney's art exhibit begins at the Belvedere-Tiburon Library on Tuesday, August 27, with an artist's recep- |
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AUGUST 21,2002: THE ARK |
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