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canvas, paints, and then there is the time spent creating the piece. Still, it’s awkward for me to price pieces. I usually paint on larger canvas, 20x24 to 30x40, and those don’t usually go for cheap especially in a gallery. Q: What size paintings do you normally do? A: Recently, because most of
role. The common thread in all the roles is helping others, and hopefully, in most cases, brightening their day. Q: What inspiring words would you give to our kids today? A: My advice to kids today is to never feel you must fit into someone else’s
career choice define you. Develop different, interesting, fulfilling facets, each one reflecting a different color of beauty within that makes you the beautiful person only you can be.
my work is abstract, I prefer a large canvas… again remember, Frances Hall! Some are big sizes like 20” x 24” and 30” x 40”. After all, they make a much greater impact when filling a big blank wall. Q: Wow! Beth, you have been a teacher, principal, administrator, and an artist! Can you give us an idea as to how all of these fit together? Is there a common thread in all you do? A: Having served as a teacher for 16 years before moving into administration and later a supervisor position, I feel art has been a reminder that while I enjoy my job, it does not define me. There is much, much more to me as a person than all I do in that role. I’m a wife, mom, daughter, sister, aunt, great-aunt, artist, avid reader, adjunct professor, and a good cook – when time permits, but most of all, one who wants to help others and brighten their lives. I have the opportunity to do that in all my roles. Painting just happens to be the most relaxing
perception of what you should be or become. Try things like painting, mountain climbing, running a marathon, or things you have never done. You might have an outlet you had no idea would bring you joy. I didn’t paint until four years ago. I uncovered a healthy outlet I might have enjoyed all these years had I just tried it. Be your own, respectful, productive person, and never let one single thing or even your
Walter Hunt, of New York, NY, received patent #6,281 for the safety pin on April 10, 1849. Hunt’s pin was made from one piece of wire, which was coiled into a spring at one end and a separate clasp and point at the other end, allowing the point of the wire to be forced by the spring into the clasp. Walter Hunt was extremely creative, and in 1834 he built America’s first sewing machine, which also used the first eye- pointed needle. Hunt did not patent his
invention because he thought it would put hand sewers out of work. Nearly 20 years later, Elias Howe reinvented and patented an eye-pointed needle sewing machine. Hunt’s patent, as well as the more than six million patents issued since the first in 1790 and the 2.3 million trademarks registered since 1870, can be seen on the Department of Commerce’s U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Web site at www.uspto.gov
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