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Lucy
Weigle has been the subject of several articles in local publications.
Below are three of the more recent ones. Several of Lucy's paintings
were used in the highly successful movie, Diary
of a Mad Black Woman, released in early 2005 and now on
DVD. Paintings of Lucy's were also recently used in the movie, "Who's
Your Caddy" filmed in Aiken, SC in 2006. It will be released
in 2007. Augusta
Chronicle Article [by Virginia Norton - click for direct link
to article] On
a whim, Lucy Weigle mailed a slide of her collage, Angel Triumphant,
to The Upper Room four years ago and then forgot about it. The original abstract will be on display at noon Sunday during a reception at Trinity on the Hill United Methodist Church, 1330 Monte Sano Ave., where Mrs. Weigle attends. The Nashville, Tenn.-based Upper Room, an interdenominational publication with nearly 3 million subscribers worldwide, is circulated in more than 100 countries. It is owned by the United Methodist denomination. Having her work selected is quite an honor, said Mrs. Weigle, who has read the daily devotional for years. The publishers choose religious art to illustrate the front and back covers. Most selections are classical paintings from museums. A few pieces are contemporary. They are always interesting, Mrs. Weigle said. "Being an artist, I look at that first." The Upper Room is aggressive in seeking artists, said Mary Lou Redding, the publication's managing editor, during a telephone interview from Nashville. "We seek out artists more than they seek us out by far. We don't hear from many artists. They don't think of us as a venue where their work could be featured." Mrs. Weigle's work, a collage in acrylic and applied papers, was created in her home studio. Turquoise predominates with waves of gold and red. "Acrylic paints are very fluid, like cream, and very transparent," she said. "That is how I could get that wonderful strong color in the painting." The collage was unnamed until shortly before its debut four years ago. Mrs. Weigle and a potter friend were snapping pictures of their artwork before an exhibit when the friend pointed out the angel in what was intended to be an abstract piece. "If I set out to do (an angel), it won't work," Mrs. Weigle said. She seldom paints "pictures." Faced with a blank canvas, she thinks of shapes and colors instead, she said. "I have this brain and eye thing." When painting representational art, she needs something to look at, but then the result will be like the original, just that and nothing more. "Abstract painting jumped my creative juices," she said. Except for portraits in watercolor, she never uses subjects anymore. Christian symbols such as a dove, a fish or a cruciform have emerged in some of her other works. "I know that my talent is God-given," she said. "I am inspired that way subconsciously." For more information, call 738-8822. Readers can visit The Upper Room at its Web address at www.upperroom.org. ON EXHIBIT Augusta
artist Lucy Weigle will display her work, Angel Triumphant, during
a reception at noon Sunday at Trinity on the Hill United Methodist
Church, 1330 Monte Sano Ave. The collage in acrylic and applied
papers was chosen for the November/December back cover of The Upper
Room. For more information, call 738-8822. 
Skirt
Magazine, June 2004 Issue
When
Lucy Weigle heard about the Sept. 11 attacks, her first inclination
was to pick up a Ms. Weigle will be one of more than 30 local artists contributing pieces to Community Artists Unite: September 11th - Reflective Images, an exhibit opening at the Augusta Cotton Exchange today - the first anniversary of the attacks. Like many artists, she said she was profoundly affected by the events and found catharsis in front of an easel. Rhian Giboney created two works for the show. The first was used to promote the exhibit. The digitally enhanced photograph shows multiple hands raised in a clasp of unity. "I think the whole initiative is so important - pulling people together after Sept. 11 and reflecting back on what we went through," she said. The hands of her husband, Scott, and 9-year-old son, Bryce, are among those in the photograph. Using Adobe Photoshop image software, she gave the photograph the appearance of a painting.
Dorothy
Fletcher Eckmann, above, works on a piece at the Gertrude Herbert
Institute of Art. Mrs. Giboney's second piece, an acrylic painting titled Art of the Heart, shows the skyline of Augusta and a large abstract crowd of people. A few weeks before the show, Dorothy Fletcher Eckmann worked at the Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, scuffing white paint onto the textured surface of a faux stone column. She and Statesboro, Ga., resident Cindy Wallace joined forces to create a large installation for the show. In 1998, the pair collaborated on an installation called A Search for Center: A Mystical Journey. It was a piece neither woman was ever completely happy with. "It was never really complete, never as we wanted it," Ms. Eckmann said. "Just never quite there yet. So when this exhibition came up, I felt the piece would fit. So we got together and began expanding on what we had done." A few weeks before the opening of the exhibition, local artist Billy S. was still waiting for inspiration to hit. And although he couldn't envision what his canvas would look like, he knew what it should do - heal. Known for his bold, bright and unapologetically sunny paintings, Billy S. may seem an odd inclusion in an exhibition borne from such tragic circumstances. But he said contrast to the peaceful, happy utopia found on his canvases is always the inspiration for his work. "I feel like the paintings are even more necessary now," he said. "The reason I do this, the reason I've always put the work out there is in case something like this happens. We all need things to heal us, to comfort us. We need a little beauty. One thing Billy S. is sure of is that his painting will not be of fallen firemen, or weeping families or, in particular, the World Trade Center. "I really feel like I don't have to see those buildings again," he said. "I may just end up painting a big smiling face, something that will make people happy. And really, I'm sure there are going to be enough flags."
WHAT: Community Artists Unite: September 11th - Reflective Images, presented by the Morris Museum of Art, the Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, The Art Factory, the Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History, the Augusta Cotton Exchange, RedWolf Inc. and Streeter Printing & Graphics WHERE: The Augusta Cotton Exchange Welcome Center and Museum, at the corner of Eighth and Reynolds streets WHEN: The opening reception is today from 5 to 7 p.m. The exhibit continues through Oct. 1. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. ADMISSION:
Free; for more information, call 724-4067. |
her
work for the back cover of the upcoming November/December issue.
paintbrush.
Setting to work within a few short hours, she executed America's
Awakening, a painting that, visually speaking, represents everything
she felt on that confusing morning.
