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PHOTO BY RUDY XIMENEZ
The finished work: “Grazing the Fault” as it appears in the lobby of the Sheraton Georgetown Hotel and Conference Center.
erative technique. Carol was intrigued. each painting one edge of their respective When a call for proposals to be considered
“I believe the reason we jumped at this canvases. Once the matching edge had for the new Sheraton Hotel and Conference
notion,” says Sue, “was because we both been painted, each artist would work in- Center appeared, Sue and Carol decided
love to paint and love new and challenging dependently on the rest of their canvas. to put their heads – and their artworks –
adventures. But most of all, it was because Once both had finished, the two canvases together. They developed an idea based on
we love working together.” The two began would be paired at the matching edge to one of Carol’s previous works titled, “The
by agreeing upon a set group of colors, then create one new and totally unique artwork. Way with Things,” a vibrant still life fea-
turing sheep. Sheraton’s interior designer
Leslie Fossler had announced plans to
carry a collection of work by local artists
which would communicate the history of
the site on which the hotel was being con-
structed. True to Georgetown’s rural past,
agriculture was to be a major theme.
The two friends presented their collabora-
tive concept to the hotel’s artist representa-
tive Amanda Still, who commissioned Sue
and Carol to create one of the Sheraton’s
centerpiece artworks.
Thrilled at this new and incredible op-
portunity, the two women picked up their
brushes and readied for work. Having pre-
viously painted together simply for the joy
of it, Sue and Carol would now need to
work within the constraints of a contracted
art piece. The artists were given specific
directions as to size and who would paint
what part. Carol was assigned a 3 foot by
5 foot canvas, while Sue was instructed to
work on a canvas measuring 3-by-9. The
two canvases would be put together to form
one mural. Though their subjects were as-
signed, both ladies were allowed to work in
their usual styles: Carol would paint sheep
as inspired by her previous painting, while
Sue would create an abstract landscape to
connect with Carol’s sheep.
After submitting their preliminary sketch-
es and color selections, Sheraton’s interior
ONLINE: SCTEXAS.ORG Carol and Sue have been friends for
over 30 years, bound together by their
love for creativity.
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