Davidson

Davidson painter adds a little colour to local art scene

Davidson artist Gail Prpick is currently transforming her two-floor home on Washington Avenue into an art gallery as she prepares for her Art Show and Sale this Friday.

Prpick said she is removing a lot of her and her husband Tom’s furniture and would be covering the walls with paintings for her first art show to be held in her home in five years. She said the show that begins at 5:30 p.m. and goes on till whenever would be a “come and go” that will feature her own creations.

“It’ll be all paintings,” said Prpick. “All different sizes and colours. I like to do faces, but I also like figuratives and landscapes (or) pretty much any kind of painting. I’m always experimenting.”

Prpick has always sketched or painted “or been the one at school to do all the backgrounds” of the school plays, but decided to practise the craft more seriously about 10 years ago. She said a few of her friends then asked to purchase a couple of her paintings and everything accelerated from there.

“I’ve had lots of support in Davidson over the years and appreciate that,” she said. “I thought I’ll have a show and people can come and see and have a night out.”

Right now the house is filled with works laying on the ground, up on easels and hanging on the walls or just leaning against them. As you walk through the front door her newest paintings of Mother Theresa and Albert Einstein smile out to greet you.

“I do them with lots of colour and try to get a little emotion in their faces,” said Prpick. “Right now I’m just experimenting with a few, last minute stuff.”

Prpick said it isn’t difficult for her to sell her creations because if it wasn’t for the sale part of the show she wouldn’t have funds to paint in the first place. She said the desire to always create something new keeps her from getting attached to any one piece.

“I get tired of one thing, so I might be in the middle of a painting and I flip over to a different one and (then go) back to it,” she said. “I’m kind of all over the place. I want to go on to something new instead of stick with the old.”