by NIKKI ROBERTI
Lifestyles Reporter

It’s more than “painting by numbers.”

Senior studio art major Rebecca B. Farris’ collection “Four and Nine,” currently featured in the Looking Glass Gallery of Plemmons Student Union until Oct. 21, explores the form of numbers through works of art.

“[With] numbers, I always think of them. They are in our everyday lives. I notice them a lot and associate them with different people in my life,” Farris said. “In my series, I was interested in numbers as a form to create good balance and harmonious composition.”

Rebecca B. Farris, senior studio art major, has an exhibit called “Four and Nine” in the Looking Glass Gallery of Plemmons Student Union. Farris used materials such as instant coffee grounds, fabric dye, and paper clothing patterns. The artist’s reception is on Friday, October 10, at 4:00 P.M. Photo by Christy Bullins

Farris started working on her collection in a painting class and finished the series in about two weeks.

Farris said she realized she wanted to pursue art in college when she was in high school. She first decided to major in psychology, but realized that she wasn’t happy with “pushing [art] aside,” she said.

Now she pursues a studio art major with a primary concentration in painting and a secondary concentration in photography.

Ultimately, she hopes to pursue a career teaching art at the collegiate level.

When she found out her art work was selected to be featured in the gallery said she was excited.

“It feels amazing,” Farris said. “It really is important as a senior studio major to exhibit your work.”

She found out about the application process for the gallery when she helped two of her friends set up their own exhibit.

The committee that chooses the exhibits met the second week of September to review applications.

The gallery is booked for the rest of the semester, Farris said.

Although Farris has had her work featured at the Catherine Smith Gallery in Farthing Auditorium, this is her first solo exhibition.

Farris said she typically does not create art about numbers and does artwork centered on other things.

“As a whole, I am inspired by things I see,” she said. “I am interested in process oriented stuff [like] stenciling, making my own stencils, [and] building up layers of media.”

Farris used instant copy and Rit dye in “Four and Nine.”

There will be a reception for Farris’ exhibit Oct. 10 in the gallery.

Those interested can expect to hear Farris say a few words about her work as well as answer questions.

Refreshments will also be available and free.

“I like to experiment by doing some process stuff,” she said. “Part of the experience of creating art is by doing things that aren’t mainstream.”

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