“When you face a white canvas, it’s the most amazing feeling of two things: excitement and fear,” Blades said. “You look at it and think, ‘What am I going to do with this?’”
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After Blades became tired of painting realistic subjects, like barns, she embraced the abstract, experimenting with color, shape, line, and more.
“I love color,” the 82-year-old said.
The Sawtooth Center for Visual Art displayed a collection of her abstract artwork in the facility’s first abstract show.
People around Blades give her high praise for both her paintings and her personality.
“When she’s not painting, she’s supporting and encouraging the work of others,” said Ashley Sanders of Art in Winston. “She’s only called Winston-Salem home for a relatively short period of time, but you’d never know it because her paintings and her love of the arts have connected her so quickly and so deeply to so many people and organizations.”
Start connecting with your inner creativity and outer community by taking a class on painting today. Subjects will range in everything from landscapes and portraits to surrealism and abstract. Learning the basics of acrylic painting — such as how to mix different colors, which hues work best together, and how to achieve different effects using brushes, palette knives, rags, and more — will open doors to a greater ability to paint works of art. Though abstract painting is challenging, your masterpieces will inspire others to find the message within the paint.