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Show ii.,l.iM)M,lll... n,m s . 0MZ'-' ' fcU1'Mt :WfuffTnW.ri rrl mill WlwA y-.vd MARGARET TAYLOR HEYWOOD Artist exhibits paintings Margaret Taylor Heywood is shown with one of her water colors which are being exhibited in the Farmington City Complex, 130 N. Main. A NATIVE of Farmington, she is a graduate in fine arts from BYU and taught before her marriage and the raising of a family. She returned to the University of Utah to recertify and teach to assist her children receive their education. educa-tion. Mrs. Heywood taught English En-glish in the Davis County Schools for many years. "FINE ART was always my first love and after retirement from teaching in 1975, I returned again to the University of Utah to do graduate gra-duate work in art,"' she explained. Dean Ed Maryon and Tony Ras-mussen Ras-mussen of Davis County, were her professors. She studied at Corcoran Corcor-an Gallery School of Art in Washington, D.C. for a semester and at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. HER DETERMINATION to become be-come an acceptable painter was sparked by LeConte Stewart as she watched him create magic on his canvas as she painted the hills and meadows of North Farmington. However she was unable to study with Mr. Stewart. In addition to doing commissioned commis-sioned paintings, she does commercial com-mercial original stained glass designs de-signs for customers who wish a piece of decorative glass for home or office. SHE ALSO had her work accepted in the National Spring Salon sponsored each year by the Springville Museum of Art. Mrs. Heywood's work was accepted into the "All Women's Exhibit of Art" in 1984. The Eccles, Kimball, Bountiful and Salt Lake Art Centers have also shown her work. I.N ADDITION to the opportunity opportun-ity to exhibit her work in Farming-ton, Farming-ton, Mrs. Heywood says, "It is a great pleasure to bring her work here, as it brings nostalgic experiences experi-ences of her youth and growing up in Farmington when the store across the street from the Davis County Courthouse, known as "The Golden Rule" was the only store in town. Only three wards were in Farmington Farm-ington then, the Central, South and North. There was also the Bamberger Bamber-ger electric train and Dr. Robin son's fabulous playground in his back yard, the small merry-go-round, dipper, slides and probably they were there to take the young dental patients minds off their sessions ses-sions in the dental chair of Dr. Robinson. Then there was also Amasa Clark at the Davis County Bank, a wonderful character. HER SISTER Rhea Taylor, was once art supervisor for the Davis County Schools and brother Nephi W. Taylor, served as mayor of Farmington for several terms. Margaret feels it is a distinct honor hon-or to have been invited by Dave Merrill, who has arranged for the exhibit which will hang until Jan. 30. 1986. HER FRIENDS, relatives and administrative and supervisory personnel of the Davis Education Department are invited to come and enjoy this exhibit at the Farmington Farm-ington City Complex. The building is open, Monday through Friday each week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The public is invited to come and enjoy this art work. MARGARET is married to David Heywood and the couple resides re-sides in Salt Lake City, kj |