Are You Gonna Throw That Away?
Currently, I show my work at local street festivals and art shows and recently became a resident artist at Laguna’s Quorum Gallery (374 No Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, CA) Outside of that, I’m happy to show my work by appointment.
It’s not a fancy place, but it is quietly nestled in a small neighborhood near the southern California coastline. It’s there where ArtGirl can be found tinkering. Tinkering brings with it a distinctly perceptible sound. It’s a cadence of clicks and snaps, taps and scrapes that call you over to see what exactly is happening over there. It’s ArtGirl, Linda Tilden, with one or two or sometimes several works in progress at one time.
“This work is complex,” she explains. “To feel that spark, then select, and configure each of the elements, with the goal of ultimately assembling them in place takes a lot of thought. It’s not uncommon I notice an element, which is a fabulous thing, but just not the correct piece for that place, and so I take a step back, and look for that right piece to replace the former so as to have the story be told correctly. Sometimes, I just have to set it aside all together and go on to another piece entirely and wait for the right time to come back to it.”
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It’s not a fancy place, but it is nestled at the base of fog draped hills near the southern Orange County, California coastline. That’s where ArtGirl can be found tinkering. Tinkering brings with it a distinctly perceptible sound. It’s a cadence of clicks and snaps, taps and scrapes that call you over to see what exactly is happening over there. It’s ArtGirl, Linda Tilden, with one or two or sometimes several works in progress at one time.
“This work is complex,” she explains. “To feel that spark, then select, and configure each of the elements, with the goal of ultimately assembling them in place takes a lot of thought. It’s not uncommon I notice an element, which is a fabulous thing, but just not the correct piece for that place, and so I take a step back, and look for that right piece to replace the former so as to have the story be told correctly. Sometimes, I just have to set it aside all together and go on to another piece entirely and wait for the right time to come back to it.”
Home Gallery
When that final assemblage story is complete, it can come out as a whisper or a howl, or sometimes a wry giggle. This is when it makes it into ArtGirl’s home gallery. A place for the art to rest in between public showings, where it receives the scrutiny of ArtGirl herself or ArtGirl’s trusted circle of friends. Trusted critics really. A select circle who are dependable friends as they are not afraid to share what they see and feel.
With ArtGirl’s work, it’s possible that the story she has built can be very different than the story your mind is telling you. Either way, it’s hard to not stare and be drawn into a piece, as that was the whole purpose ArtGirl had in making it in the first place.