Norfolk
DETAILS
Sun, October 12, 2014
Norfolk, CT
Show: 3 PM
Infinity Gallery Presents Polly Hincks - Opening Art Show Reception
“It’s a family affair! Infinity Gallery will feature the artwork of Polly Hincks, mother of Infinity Hall founder Dan Hincks, from Oct 8, 2014 – Jan 4, 2015. There will be a reception on Sunday Oct 12 from 3-5pm to meet Polly and see her unique and eclectic style. Her art is sure to make you smile! Reception is free and open to the public.”
Polly Hincks Bio
It takes skill and inspiration to be an artist. I have enough of both, as well as a lot of training, to make the grade, to bring happiness to myself and to those who like my work. But, I do not consider myself… “an ARTIST!”
My training: one year at the Parsons School of Design, NYC< followed much later by four years of studio courses at the Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, many of them under Paul Zimmerman.
After graduation, I did a lot of painting, mostly oils with some of them quite large. At some point during these years I developed a number of paintings of trees, some of which had hidden messages in the branches for various family birthday gifts. Another development grew out of looking into a mirror in my studio that had shattered in a fall. Those are the Broken Mirror pieces in this show. I became fascinated in the images the mirror projected, which was the start of a number of seemingly abstract paintings influenced by these views.
In time I had to develop a new way of creating images. Because an old bout with polio had slowly worn out my affected shoulder muscles, I switched to smaller pictures, drawn on mylar using prismacolor pencils. I started drawing flowers and then strangely, became interested in words! Some of the word pictures are “Cool”, “Voila”, “Ephemeral!” and “Cache” with many more to come, I hope. I’m having fun.
Giclee prints have been made of some of my work and will be available for purchase at Infinity Hall in Norfolk.