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There is something new on the menu at Carole Peck's Good News Cafe on Route 6 in Woodbury, CT --but you won't be ordering it as an entree. It's needlepoint, and it's hanging on the walls.
"Outrageous Needlepoint" is the theme of the artwork that Washington, CT artist David Eugene Bell will exhibit there for two months beginning November 28. Not your grandmother's needlepoint, Mr. Bell's is bold and abstract and free.
"If I try to take too much control of what I'm creating, I lose control. I just have to let it happen spontaneously," Mr. Bell said.
Mr. Bell's unique artwork has appeared in top galleries -The Caboose in Kent, CT, the Silo Gallery in New Milford, CT, the Washington Art Association Gallery in Washington, CT. The Ute Stebich Gallery in Lenox, Massachusetts has also featured the brilliant abstracts, which are in collections internationally. His previous colorful careers in New York included Broadway acting and 18 years as director of Bloomingdale's New York City's world famous interior design department, and president of his own multifaceted corporation Design Multiples, Inc. He has been featured in national publications like the New York Times, House and Garden and Time magazine, which named him among the top interior designers in the business. Mr. Bell has decorated the homes of the rich and famous from Broadway to Hollywood to members of the diplomatic corps, the news media, as well as the dwellings of Mr. and Mrs. Everyday American.
Mr. Bell began creating abstract needlepoint as an art form in 1975, long before it would become his third career. He refers to his work as "electric abstractions" because of the synergistic interplay of vibrant colors, creating energetic forms.
"My work is the tapestry of my life. There is a reason for everything in my life and I see it now more than ever. In every stitch I find the answers I have been searching for. But the search never ends. There is always something new to discover. Life is like the theater, the curtain is always going up."
The "first taste" of "Outrageous Needlepoint" will be November 28, when the walls of the Good News Cafe will be festooned with Mr. Bell's work. A reception for the artist will take place Sunday, December 2 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. The "last serving" will be January 28, 2002.
For information call Carole Peck's Good News Cafe, 203-266-4663.
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