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Bridgett Martin-PylesTHE ARTIST
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Searchingacrylic on canvas48 x 24 inches2013
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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
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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.
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Mrs. Pyles loves many mediums
EXPERIMENTING
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Outer BanksPastel on paper, 200118 x 24 inches
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A Path is Given to MeOil on Canvas, early oil painting36 x 24 inches
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Mom’s SunflowersAcrylic on board, 200748 x 36 inches(portion shown)
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Mrs. Pyles loves to paint outdoors
PLEIN AIR
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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.
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Mrs. Pyles loves to look at other artist’s works. She also takes workshops from them.
INSPIRATION
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Andy Braitman
Tangerine Valley, 2012 Paintings Oil on Canvas12 x 12 inches
partial image
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Christopher StephensStreamOil on panel,
201212 x 12 inches
Mrs. Pyles’ mentor
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Betty Anglin SmithBack IslandOil on linen
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Mrs. Pyles loves to try new things. In the last few years she started trying out abstract painting.
PUSHING HER LIMITS
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Playful Circlesacrylic on board
48 x 48 inches, 2010
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ActivityCOMPARE MRS. PYLES LANDSCAPE TO THE LANDSCAPE BY MS.O’KELLEY
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Mrs. PylesGrazing in the Mountains
Oil on canvas
24 x 36 inches, 2001
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Mattie Lou O’KelleyGeorgia FarmOil on Canvas, 1991 23 3/8 x 31 3/8 inches
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Georgia Farm [Cows]
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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
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Mrs. PylesGrounded in Joy
ca. 2011
Oil on canvas
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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