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Bridgett Martin-PylesTHE ARTIST
Searchingacrylic on canvas48 x 24 inches2013
Background
• Born in Ohio
• No art classes in her elementary school
• She took art in high school and loved it.
• Bachelor’s degree in Design/Communication Arts at the University of Cincinnati
• Master’s degree in Art Education at Syracuse University.
• Taught workshops and camps for children at museums
Background
• Sold her first piece in Syracuse, NY
• Student taught in Black Mountain, NC
• Began showing at Seven Sisters Gallery
• Has had exhibits with other artists at Red Sky Gallery in Charlotte, NC
• She has a dog named Tanner and a cat named Salem.
• She has two kids, a boy and a girl, ages 14 & 17.
Mrs. Pyles loves many mediums
EXPERIMENTING
Outer BanksPastel on paper, 200118 x 24 inches
A Path is Given to MeOil on Canvas, early oil painting36 x 24 inches
Mom’s SunflowersAcrylic on board, 200748 x 36 inches(portion shown)
Mrs. Pyles loves to paint outdoors
PLEIN AIR
plein air studioThis is Mrs. Pyles easel with one of her paintings.
She uses it when she paints outside so she can have her supplies right on the easel.
Mrs. Pyles loves to look at other artist’s works. She also takes workshops from them.
INSPIRATION
Andy Braitman
Tangerine Valley, 2012 Paintings Oil on Canvas12 x 12 inches
partial image
Christopher StephensStreamOil on panel,
201212 x 12 inches
Mrs. Pyles’ mentor
Betty Anglin SmithBack IslandOil on linen
Mrs. Pyles loves to try new things. In the last few years she started trying out abstract painting.
PUSHING HER LIMITS
Playful Circlesacrylic on board
48 x 48 inches, 2010
ActivityCOMPARE MRS. PYLES LANDSCAPE TO THE LANDSCAPE BY MS.O’KELLEY
Mrs. PylesGrazing in the Mountains
Oil on canvas
24 x 36 inches, 2001
Mattie Lou O’KelleyGeorgia FarmOil on Canvas, 1991 23 3/8 x 31 3/8 inches
Georgia Farm [Cows]
This piece I photographed in West Virginia. In the middle of the Appalachian mountains, not far from Snow Shoe, is quiet farmland where there are plenty of cows and rolling hills . These are some of my favorite areas to paint. I like to see the layers of land recede into the distance. I have always been interested in cows and how they dot the landscape with patterns and playfulness. This painting is one my earlier oil on canvas. I sold it years ago. –Mrs. Pyles, 2013 interview
Mrs. PylesGrounded in Joy
ca. 2011
Oil on canvas
I use to live and paint in Asheville, NC. Right down the street from us was a winding road filled with rolling farm land and lots of corn/tobacco fields. When my children were babies (now they are 14 and 17) I would take a break for myself and go off to paint on this road. I took lots of photographs especially at dusk when the sun was creating deep shadows and sharp color contrasts. I painted this scene from one of the photographs a few years ago.
I still go up to the mountains to paint, sometimes I paint not far from PSE. There is something magical about going outdoors to paint. The colors and sky scream out so much information. I think this needs to be expressed and presented to the world. That is what painting is for me.
--Mrs. Pyles about Grounded in JoyInterview 2013