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Louise Dearborn
LOUISE, HER HUSBAND, AND THREE NOW-GROWN CHILDREN MOVED TO CENTRAL KENTUCKY IN 1980. SHE DEVOTED MOST OF HER CREATIVF ENERGIES TO HER FAMILY, CHURCH, AND FARM BUT MANAGED TO CARVE OUT A TINY CARD-TABLE- SIZED SPACE IN THE LAUNDRY ROOM (CALICO-O COTTAGE-1), FINDING A MINUTE OR TWO IN BETWEEN WASH LOADS TO SQUEEZE IN SOME ART WORK. HER PALETTE SHIFTED BACK AND FORTH OVER THE YEARS FROM OILS TO FABRICS, BUT MOST OF HER COMMISSIONS WERE FOR HER APPLIQUED HANGINGS OF LANDSCAPES FILLED WITH FOLKS AND THEIR HOMES (3'x4').
DOZENS OF PAINTINGS AND OVER 300 APPLIQUES LATER (AND A SPACIOUS NEW STUDIO) SHE STILL ENJOYS THE CHALLENGE OF BOTH MEDIA. LOUISE'S MOST AMBITIOUS CREATIONS HAVE BEEN IN FABRIC. THEY COMMEMORATE TWO SIGNIFICANT HISTORICAL EVENTS; "THE KENTUCKY BICENTENNIAL IN DANVILLE" (4'X6') AND "PERRYVILLE MORNING 1862" (6'x7').
LOUISE CONSIDERS HER ART AN IMPORTANT PART OF HER SPIRITUAL JOURNEY. EACH ARTISTIC EFFORT HAS, IN SOME WAY, TESTED AND STRENGTHENED HER CHR19TIAN FAITH AND DEEPENED HER RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
