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Friday, August 3, 2001
Art to the extremes
Vida Beauford mixes South Texas warmth and Canadian cool in exhibit at Multicultural Center
By Dan Parker
Caller-Times

Artist Vida Beauford often makes the unconventional move of using oils on paper intended for watercolors.
-David Pellerin/Caller-Times

It's not surprising that Vida Beauford's art runs hot and cold.
   Beauford grew up along the frigid waters of Canada's eastern coast, only later to take up residence in sun-scorched South Texas.
   Beauford's oil paintings, which feature amix of warm Coastal Bend landscapes and icy scenes from Newfoundland, Canada, go on display Saturday at the Multicultural Center at Heritage Park.
   Intense light
   "When I was a kid, we would take a boat out to the icebergs, chop ice from it and make the best ice tea you ever had," said Beauford, 64, of Aransas Pass. "It's like water you never tasted before - really sweet."
   Painting landscapes from opposite ends of the continent is a wonderful challenge for an artist, Beauford said.
   "It's more of an intense light you have here," she said. "It's like a neon light bulb here, and just a regular old light bulb there."
   Experimental work
   The city Park and Recreation Department brought Beauford's art to the Multicultural Center at the suggestion of Corpus Christi artist Pat Crenshaw, who admires Beauford's experimental work. Instead of using canvass, Beauford sometimes makes the unconventional move of painting with oils on paper meant for watercolor.
   "Everyone thinks it's pretty weird, except it works, and you can't argue with that," Crenshaw said. "It's bright, and it's alluring."
   Contact Dan Parker at 886-3753 or parkerd@caller.com

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