| Show i gyp i 1 rt i ia a iJ 5 f ii ti t I ki Mrs Eve Eye Arnold rn ld talented painter rand land art teacher I ques used on one of her You never know who might turn up serving ham hamand hamand and nd eggs in Moab At the Root Beer King Kingon on Main gain street Eve Arnold Arnold Arn Arn- Arnold old and her husband Jim flIp a mean plate of flapjacks flap flap- j jacks for hungry Canyon Canyon- lands visitors Between meals however Eve abandons ab- ab her spatula and turns to the work that has most distinguished her Inthe in inthe inthe the area art Displays of her paintings paintings paint paint- ings and sculpture work lb brighten the dining room of their establishment and andare andare andare are focal point of decor inmany in iii many local homes Tourists purchase her work too as memoirs of their visit to the area and the Moab Art G Guild she helped organise e eis is fast becoming one of the city's major tourist interests In In- From California Jim a masseur by trade and Eve came to Moab after after af af- ater ter the freeways in Cali Call California fornia literally overran them The second time they were forced to move because because because be be- cause the State needed t their property the Arn Arnolds decided to try another city one so isolated they would not soon be in the way of expansion Many months aid states later they found Moab and planted their roots again Eve comes from a family of artists and has painted since she was big enough to hold a brush In high school she took so many art classes they had to improvise improvise im im- im- im new ones to keep her busy She studied for a couple of years at the Cornish Cornish Cornish Cor Cor- nish Art School then set setout setout setout out to make a living with her talent Valuable Hobby Art has many facets most of them more interesting interest Interest- interesting ing than lucrative Mrs Arnold discovered Her first job of cf painting designs on pure puro silk scarves netted her valuable experience in colors After the Germans the hand painting industry with i r new liquid dye stop she an invention of her wn a tilled Piled down nic needle for fine painting md went into business for tor herself The idea was good the timing was wrong It was wasn m In n the early days of the depression and money vent ent out tut of style For or the text lext several years Eve Eva at many phases of trying tomake to make a living finally she resorted to a 1 Job in a real es ate tate office and sat out the I test est of the depression During those struggling ears tears she made wall hang hang- n ng anI and darn dam near near d to death she painted and once had a gone gong gong go go- ng ne business of ot hand paint ties until they went out d ties until they went out if It fashion Illustrates Book Rook She Illustrated a book by an English pro pro- most well known works I The an an oil sJ painting depicting depleting Leon eon t I owner pf LaSal I Roofing Co Background Report I Moab Restaurant Operator Dou Doubles l s' s As Artist Arlist and Art Instructor Oriental Rug Elephant which won national reco recognition recognition i. i tion for Moab artist Eve Arnold during California I d w esig fiig career The Th tale talented artist lias S' S con con contributed much to Moab sin since e moving here and is largely responsible for the a active tive Mo Moab b Art Art- G Guild fessor lessor Leo Livingston of the University of Washing Washing- f W Washington ton a collection of folk lolk tales hand handed d down among men of the lu lumbering nb in industry in- in Some Q of the sketches sketches sketches ches she devised to portray Y the fantasy forestt creatures ures in the book ate are now on display at the Moab Museum Museum Museum Mu Mu- seum art show At last Eve found a medium me m medium of art that h held ld her interest and paid monetary dividends She entered entered the window decorating field and worked for 10 years atthe at atthe atthe the large Oakland Sears Roebuck store It was an invigorating job w which called upon all the imagination she could muster She tiled and dry- dry plumbed bathrooms in windows windows win win- dows decorated rooms and designed elaborately draped drap- drap ed windows to push drap drag drapery drapery ery fabrics Once she sold solda a pil pile of oriental rugs by forming them into a huge elephant This artistic achieVement ach- ach achievement won her recognition recognition recognition tion in a national decorators decorators decora decora- tors magazine In Own Business Her decade of work with window display inspired the Arnolds to go into business business bu bu- siness again for themselves manufacturing window display display dis dis- play props This they were involved in when the expanding ex ex- paneling coastal city forced them hem out of the area They still have much atthe of at the he equipment used in this business and seriously toy with the Idea of establish establish- log ing ng a firm in Moab It is a 8 natural locale many of he the hardy desert plants from nearby areas would lend well to fabrication of the display props Such a factor factory would supplement the local industrial payrolls pay pay- rolls too employing many residents with an artistic talent A A Good Lofa Lor Meanwhile l le Jim and Ev Eve Eve e enjoy their easy going life She has her first opportunity to paint what sh she e es wants to paint She loves love s character portraits an and d two have especially captured ed cd the interest of the area The I he Roofer Rooter and John U To hn Shafer b both th posed for b by y local residents Mrs 1 Arnold was appalled appall d dat at the lack lacko o of organized ar art att t interest when phe he first t ar az- arrived rived in Moab and soon soon helped found the Moab Art Guild Through this medium med med- medium ium many people have learned to paint or improved improved improved im im- proved their talent to the point of profitable marketing marketIng marketing market- market Ing their work Teaches Art Class Mrs Arnold teaches one class for the the the Guild which will open for forthe the Fall term soon Bob Ritchie teaches another class At the moment moment moment mo mo- ment Eve is studying again through the high school adult ed education cation program The rhe mechanics of art like everything else changes with the times She is learning felt pen technique unknown when she was studying art Teaching is very satisfying satisfying satisfying satis satis- Eve finds She has uncovered some real talent ai at ong al ong her students but sometimes finds this discouraging dis dis- P People ople can have all kinds of talent but it has to mean something to them if they get anywhere any where What is exciting is teaching teachIng teaching teach- teach Ing people to look atthe at atthe atthe the world One of her crite pupils will probably never carve a nitch in theart the theart theart art world but Eve taught taught her to see the beauty beau ty of a tree and actually look at the picture she sees through a picture window Life Lite has taken on a new scope for this novice artist Many of the works of ot the local artists are now on display at the Moab Mu ru scum seum Followers of the Art Guild note new names among among am ong the amateur 1 each time they present a ashow ashow ashow show The little art colony started by Eve Arnold is gaining momentum and promises to contribute J a great deal to Moab's new tourist industry Eve is an active member mem memo ber of the Eastern Star organization or and the Moab V and of course the Moab Art Guild |
