Nov. 16, 1998
Contact: Jane Ford
(804) 924-4298



Landscape: Layers of Memory
LAURA EDWARDS EXHIBITS AT UVAÕs FAYERWEATHER GALLERY

	Laura Edwards, instructor in studio art at the University of
VirginiaÕs McIntire Department of Art, creates landscapes by
combining memory and imagination.  The subject matter of her paintings
is pictorial while the language of her painting is abstract.  
	Through layers of color, texture and movement, Edwards creates
monochromatic worlds. ÒIt is important to me that there is a
monochromatic wholeness to the color. There is so much idiosyncrasy in
the drawing and the little events that happen, the oneness of the color
allows the complexity and the drawing to exist,Ó Edwards said. 
	Her recent works will be on view in the Fayerweather Gallery at
the University of Virginia from Nov. 16 through Dec. 11, weekdays 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. An opening reception will be held Nov. 20 at 5:30 p.m.
	The catalog accompanying the show describes her work: ÒGuided
by paths of paint, traced and retraced, which stand out in relief from
beneath transparent veils of color, the process of exploring the tactile
surfaces replicates the process of their making. By engaging in this
creative process, viewers are invited to join the artist in meditations
upon place and memory, external and internal worlds, and the
commensurability of historical and personal experience.Ó
	Edwards will give a slide talk on her evolution as a painter on
Dec. 2, Campbell Hall 160 at 5:30 p.m. On Dec. 4 at 7 p.m. she will give
a Gallery Talk in Fayerweather Gallery.
	Students in her drawing class will exhibit their landscape works
from observation in the Hotweather Gallery beginning Nov. 20.

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