Eloise Weymouth

        Eloise Weymouth has been creating art since she was a youngster. An early recollection is of submitting a “Draw Me” challenge when she was 13. In her 20s Weymouth studied under Fran Harriet of Brownsburg, a portrait painter. There she learned to do portraits as well as landscapes and still life using pastels. After moving to Parke County she began using oils and watercolors with the beautiful covered bridge county as her subjects. Later she acquired another activity calligraphy, after her father’s interest in the subject. She enjoyed doing calligraphy and began teaching classes in this art form.

        After a move to northern Florida in 1985, Weymouth started an arts group in Wakulla County which encompassed visual arts and the performing arts. In addition she designed two characters Alfie and Betty, who came to life in the local literacy program and they even made a trip to visit former Governor Chiles. In Crawfordville, FL she taught and exhibited at the ArtQuest Gallery.

        Weymouth returned home to Indiana in 2003 and since then has been involved with the Wabash Valley Art Guild, the River City Art Association, ArtsIlliana, and the Bicentennial Art Museum in Paris. She has also displayed her floral paintings at Rose-Hulman and the Vigo County Library. Currently she has a drawing at Coffee Grounds and is teaching a children’s drawing class. Recently she completed a 23 foot mural at Cross Lane Community Church on Lafayette Avenue with the assistance of several other artists. She is also completing a portrait grant sponsored by ArtsIlliana and the Maple Center.

        For those looking for words of wisdom about art, she offers: "if you love it, just do it. Practice, practice, and practice some more." and "Don’t get hung up on the little stuff, not every basket makes it thru the hoop."

        At this time Weymouth’s subject of choice is flowers. “No, I don’t have any favorites,” she explained, “I am just in love with them all, especially their complexity. Whether it is just one beautiful dahlia in a bud vase or a bouquet of just-cut black-eyed Susans, lilies, and daisies, they just seem to call out to me. “Paint me”, they shout! So I’ve been trying to do some everyday. Excuse me,” she said as she opened her fridge and pulled out a small vase and red flower, “I’ve got to go to work; they just look good for a day, you know.”

        Weymouth’s art can been seen at her Hole in the Wall Studio in the Hane Gallery, 120 S. Seventh Street, Terre Haute by appointment. She can be contacted at 812.466.7754.

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