Some people find it hard to believe that Blair is a self
taught artist. Her designs are so wonderful and intricately
devised using all types of materials --- bottle tops,
ribbon, broken Christmas balls, cutout shapes from cardboard
--- that are often sewn onto a canvas. Each piece of work is
inspired by a piece of poetry. Either something Blair has
written, or often, the words of Emily Dickinson. Blair is a
self taught artist who only began producing works of art
about 8 years ago. She's considerably talented and well
educated; she has two Master's Degrees in Creative Writing
and teaches at a University in Mississippi. She claims that
she went through an intense period in her life with major
"writers block" and loss of self esteem. It was during this
period that she suddenly began collecting scraps and odd
pieces of things, working with them for hours on end,
shaping them into images. After months of this self induced
therapy, she took some of the pieces to a small gallery in
Alabama. The owner liked the work, never asking whether she
was trained or self taught. The gallery did a show and all
the work sold. Since then, her work has been featured in a
number of galleries.
Lady of Shallots wording on painting reads: but in her web she still
delights to weave the mirrors magic sights, for often
through the silent nights, a funeral with plumes and rights
and music, went to Camelot. my girlfriends head is an onion.
she sees the world backwards. she's the lady of
shallots. 16 x 20 on canvas $325 SOLD Tabloid Tale 16 x 20 $325 SOLD Love wording on painting reads: Her lover bought the skin
picture as a charm against monsters and sharks. He promised
nothing could hurt him. Through the fogged window she
notices the cold horizon. 20 x 16 on canvas $325 Chicken Man Falls wording on painting reads: STILL LOVE The magician was
afraid of loving his magic, his lovely power, birds have
sand for brains, they are all soul with no thought, yet the
cardinals fly 16 x 20 on canvas $325 SOLD No Words for Love 16 x 20 $350 SOLD Amanda Wingfield's Flashback (from the Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams) 16 x 20 on canvas $325 Emily Grierson's Rotten Boyfriend (from Faulkners "A Rose for Emily") 16 x 20 on canvas $325
