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Poochie Myers
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Poochie
Myers P O Box 1028, 2 Prospect Drive, Huntington WV 25701 304 522-3979
poochie@prosperity.com www.artistzone.org
An abundance of bright colors, pleasing shapes, energy and social comment
reflect Poochie Myers' viewpoint.
Poochie's professional studies in art began at the Dayton Art Institute
with Walter Stomps in 1958. From there she studied at the Cincinnati Art
Institute with Carl Alex Von Volborth and later took many varied courses
from different Universities.
Poochie taught art therapy, painting, drawing, needlepoint design as well
as helping to organize the "Zoo Arts Festival" in Cincinnati
OH, and a Junior Arts Museum in Huntington, WV. She taught creative knitting
for the Knitting Association and she taught design, drawing and psychic
art for Delphi School, McCaysville GA. She has taught creative beading
at the Huntington Museum. Poochie also uses and sometimes teaches Macintosh
Computer Software.
Her involvement in art includes advertising and marketing, needlepoint
design, interior design, knitwear design, bead design, contracting reconstruction
of apartment buildings and houses, including an old landmark synagogue
in the center of Key West FL. She is the author of Knit Like Crazy, a
book about knitting concepts from an artist's view.
Her current work may be seen in her studio in Huntington She is a co-owner
of Guild Hall Gallery, Key West FL, a co-operative holding 30 artists.
She has exhibited in several group exhibits and one man shows including
Omaha NE, Key West FL, Huntington, Charleston, and Morgantown WV, San
Francisco CA, Paris, France, Geneva, Switzerland and is in private collections
all over the United States and Europe
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ARTISTS STATEMENT:
I show the abstract pattern creating a rhythm of movement using contrast,
color, texture, space, patterns either with humans, animals, architecture
or some combinations including life in it's prettiest or ugliest form.
My priority is the plastic quality of the rectangle making my audience's
eye move in a sensuous flow of in and out, over and around. I concern
myself with classic design then almost always try to break the rules.
Whether I am using wool, silk, beads, paint or mud, social comment and
the absurdities of life such as suburban housing, parties, excesses, people
crowded, people waiting for any reason - conveying the message with a
combination of shapes, textures, colors and sizes is my desire. I want
my audience to travel into the magical world of our subconscious and to
perhaps discover our own atavistic tendencies.
Born in Huntington, West Virginia, Maiden name Hardwick
ATTENDED:
Delphi University
Marshall University
Dayton Art Institute
Miami University
Florida keys Community College
Studied art with Walter Stomps, Carl Alex Von Volborth, and Joe Loeber
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES:
Floral Designer with Stolls Flowers, Hamilton OH
Painting, Drawing teacher Huntington Museum, Huntington WV
Workshops How to Design Your Own Needlepoint Knit Like Crazy
Remodeling Contractor for apartment buildings in West Virginia and Florida
Owner of Guild Hall Gallery, Key West FL
Executive Vice President of We Haul Corporation
Author of The Art of Moving, Chakra Babies, Knit Like Crazy
Teacher of RoHun Therapy, Metaphysical Studies at Delphi U, GA
SELECTED EXHIBITION:
Georgia Art Association, Blue Ridge GA
Gilmer County Art Association, Ellijay GA Delphi Gallery, McCaysville
GA
Augies of Columbus OH
Cultural Center of West Virginia, Charleston WV University of West Virginia,
Morgantown WV Metropolitan Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland International
Crafts Salon, Paris, France Sunrise Museum, Charleston WV
Craftsman Gallery, Omaha NE
The Art Store, Charleston WV
Guild Hall Gallery, Key West FL
Gingerbread Gallery, Key West FL
Fred Gros Gallery, Key West FL
Artist's Unlimited, Key West FL
Bacardi Gallery, Miami FL
Virginia Beach Art Center, Virginia Beach VA
Key West Art Center, Key West FL
Huntington Museum, Huntington WV
University of Charleston, Charleston WV Tri State Arts Association, Huntington
WV
Allied Artists, Huntington WV
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati OH
Marin Civic Center, San Francisco CA
Whitney Art Museum, New York NY
SELECTED MEDIA:
Wool, cotton, rayon, silk,
acrylic paint, mixed media,
watercolor, oil paint, glass beads
and Computer.
Poochie Myers, P O Box 1028, 2 Prospect Drive, Huntington WV 25701
304 522-3979 poochie@prosperity com www.artistzone.org