Hillery Lay

contemporary rural painting

How I'm starting my new series of paintings

March 7, 2020

Allowing space for growth

I’m Hillery Lay a mixed media artist living in Eastern Oregon. I use a variety of mediums, spaces, and symbol markers to add depth to my painting practice. I create artwork rooted in my place and my people. Blending nature with human figures and abs… — I’m Hillery Lay, a mixed media artist living in Eastern Oregon. I use a variety of mediums, spaces, and symbol markers to add depth to my painting practice. I create artwork rooted in my place and my people. By blending nature with human figures and abstracting both elements, I can tell the story of my contemporary rural life.

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Not a bad English assignment: my creative response to Karen Russell’s “St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves”

Finding the most perfect phone-holding-stump ever seen in the forest ☔️ 🌲

My line up for this year’s @xrds.art.center open show. Framing by @royal._.artisan It’s always a great show because SO many different types of artists enter such different works of art. Show opens this Friday! #easternoregonartist #studiodog #coastal #firstfridaybakercity #sixthofthemonth

Don’t forget the beach is cool #coastal

Good morning friends #coastal

So majestic 🤣 #pleinair

Miles of inspiration #coastal #oregoncoast

#coastal #wips

In other news, choosing clothing colors for these two… #coastal #mixedmediapainting

WIPs #mixedmedia #coastal #collage

Collage WIPs, the results so far from my mono printing marathon the other day #mixedmedia #coastal #collage

#peliCAN

Mono printing today. Unpredictable results so of coarse I like it

POV: When you’re on the edge of wildfire evacuation so you box up your current projects and plan on leaving the rest to fend for itself. Is the coast clear? Can I paint some silly little rock’s now?

An animal has big ideas • Slow down eager beaver • We learn by example around here • Scanning patterns for large amounts of data is different than feeling joy and sorrow • Know-how can’t be devalued • I have the fuel of internal emotions • Look at my powerhouse of kindling • It’s stored in a secret place • not in plastic ( condensation silly ) • but in wicker and cardboard • This might seem a rustic place for feelings • Computers store their data in zeros and ones • Is binary a better container? • I don’t have a flash memory • but if you visit me long enough it will all come out eventually #howdoyoufeelaboutaiart