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By CINDY MAHAN
Rappahannock Newa Staff Writer
Many familiar faces will be in attendance at Laurie Marshall’s opening at the Middle St. Gallery on April 2, either in person or hanging on the walls. It will be a show of friends and for friends.
Ms. Marshall’s one-woman show will be a retrospective of portraits which she has produced since she moved to Rappahannock County with her husband Rex Slack in 1976. Some old favorites will be included in this show, such as paintings she has done of Clarence Dearing and Fannie Starks. Both paintings capture the subject in a light which shows Ms. Marshall’s love and respect for them; they make you want to know them better.
Some other portraits in the show will be of Pauline and Jack Bruce, Nan Reddick, Willie Bell Dunn, Ms. Marshall’s family members, including Pete, the dog.
Ms. Marshall will be exhibiting two new paintings, both completed this month. “The Sum is Greater than the Total of the Parts” is a painting of her mother, who recently passed away. The painting includes images of her mother as a child, as a young mother (holding Ms. Marshall as a baby), and as a mature woman.
The other new painting is entitled “The Resurrection Door”, a portrait of a classical dancer from India.
Both paintings are done in the style of collage. Ms. Marshall says, “I draw upon collage in my paintings. Collage is putting images from different sources into one place. You can create different meanings by doing this.” She also says that her
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