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angels is a favorite of many young mothers.
?When I go to shows,? she said, ?I trv to offer work vountr people can afford. I don?t want my prices (which range from $55 to $5()0) to knock people out of the market.
?Artists don?t get rich,? she said. ?It?s all for the love of it. By the time you have it framed and placed in a gallery, you have to charge.
?George Rodrigue (the New Orleans artist catapulted into the pop art scene by his Blue Dog paintings) is doing pretty good,? she said, ?and I kind of like his Blue Dog. I love his early work better and have to admire the fact he can do the Blue Dog, too.
?I?m not into all the new upbeat stuff. 1 do what?s natural to me, from the spirit. Good, bad or indifferent, I just love what I do,? she said. ?I just get a kick out of doing it. It surprises me sometimes when they buy my work.
?I work mentally,? Warner said. ?I see the picture in my imagination. I don?t like the idea of working with photographs. I think you lose that spontaneity."
Warner?s love of painting remains undampened by 26 years of eye problems that started with glaucoma, followed by many surgeries. She thinks it was ?maybe? six years ago when she developed macular degeneration.
?I don?t pay a lot of attention to time these days,? she said. ?I?m grateful every day I wake up.?
To paint, she wears heavy binocular-type glasses that can be moved as needed, up and down over her eyes.
?Up close I can see," she said. ?Peripheral vision takes over from a distance,? requiring her to look side ways at what she?s doing.
Her plans for the future? ?I?m going to do as much as I can as long as I can.?
Pam Finnin can be reached at 896-2312 or at pfirmin@sunherald.com