Friday, January 20, 2012

Featured Local Artist- Hilary Emerson Lay

1-20-12- Featured Local Artist- Hilary Emerson Lay

Though we will miss Eric’s beautiful photographs, we are excited to bring change into our office for the new year. 

Our next guest artist, Hilary Emerson Lay, uses a variety of materials and colors in her work.  Though we only have her 2- Dimensional art on display, Hilary also likes to create Sock Critters, and has recently started a project to track one’s adventures. Her work radiates the warmth of her personality, and cheers up our office the middle of winter; we hope you will enjoy her art as much as we do!

For more photographs of her work, visit our Facebook page, or come by our office to check out her work.

“Artist bio & statement:

Hilary was raised in Brewster, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod, in a highly creative and extremely eccentric family who encouraged all of her odd little artistic pursuits and personality quirks.  She grew up in a big, old house, surrounded by stacks of books and a menagerie of animals.

From a very early age, Hilary has held a deep love of and appreciation for books, especially picture books, and her love of words and stories has grown over the course of her life. She thinks printed words on a page are among the world’s most beautiful things.

Hilary weaves her love of animals, words, and color into her art. She works primarily in acrylic, gouache, pen, pencil, pastel, pages from dictionaries, and line drawings from old books and encyclopedias. In addition to her painting and collaging, she creates little stuffed creatures out of socks. Her artwork is an extension of her personality: bright, energetic, imaginative, playful, and fun.

All of these paintings have been covered in a layer of archival varnish with UVLS, to provide dust and dirt resistance and help prevent sun damage.  They are all signed and dated on the back.

To see more of Hilary’s work, to find out about other upcoming shows, and to find a link to her Etsy shop, please visit www.hilaryemersonlay.com.  Hilary welcomes correspondence and frequently takes commission requests.  She can be reached at hilary@hilaryemersonlay.com .”