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ANITA STEWART'S "THIRD EYE METS"
By Anita Stewart

From somewhere deep inside the cobwebs of an art teacher's brain, Third Eye Mets -metamorpheses, were born. Anita Stewart has been putting common objects through metamorphoses for years.( not all metamorphosis involve caterpillars changing into butterflies).

While teaching art in an Atlanta private school in 1990, she requested students to make a journal of drawings. Whenever they looked at clouds, leaves in trees and wood grain, they were to record ,draw, what they saw. You've probably done these types of visual exercises yourself. Do you remember lying on the ground and looking up at the sky and gazing at the clouds? "Look at that one , it looks like a lion" or "look at that one ,it looks like my mom's face", you might have remarked to your friend.

She asked her students to record similar pictures they might see using their imagination, their third eye. She thought this would be fun to try herself and found it great therapy and has enjoyed the challenge of performing these metamorphoses. Anita uses her imagination to transform objects such as plastic grocery bags, wads of crumpled up newspaper, piles of washcloths, piles of clothes, towels on a floor, panels in a wooden floor, into unified creations that have a theme or tell a story. Each one is designed to prompt the viewer to use their own third eye.
They are open to various interpretations. Most of these mets have been accomplished through water color crayons in various states, with and without other media.

Photo: Help, a Met of Leaf on a House Plant

Photo: Thinking of You - Met of a Towel

Study this one carefully. Here you'll find a man, a woman, and several interpretations (and results) of their love and relationship.

Photo: Leaving - Met of a pile of wash cloths

Photo: Turning Away - Met of Laundry

If you would like more information, contact Anita at:

J. Reid Galleries/79 Main St/Buford ,GA 30518/770-271-0008 or
3479 Bonneville Way/Suwanee, GA 30024/770-614-3610

If you would like more information about the Buford Artists' Colony of which she is a part, you can access the following website: http://www.thecolony-art.com. You can also view our February, 1999 feature article on this most exciting art colony.

*ANITA STEWART'S "THIRD EYE METS"* By Anita Stewart
	From somewhere deep inside the cobwebs of an art teacher's brain, Third Eye Mets -metamorpheses, were born. Anita Stewart has been putting common objects through metamorphoses for years.( not all metamorphosis involve caterpillars changing into butterflies).
	While teaching art in an Atlanta private school in 1990, she requested students to make a journal of drawings. Whenever they looked at clouds, leaves in trees and wood grain, they were to record ,draw, what they saw. You've probably done these types of visual exercises yourself. Do you remember lying on the ground and looking up at the sky and gazing at the clouds? "Look at that one , it looks like a lion" or "look at that one ,it looks like my mom's face", you might have remarked to your friend.
She asked her students to record similar pictures they might see using their imagination, their third eye. She thought this would be fun to try herself and found it great therapy and has enjoyed the challenge of performing these metamorphoses. Anita uses her imagination to transform objects such as plastic grocery bags, wads of crumpled up newspaper, piles of washcloths, piles of clothes, towels on a floor, panels in a wooden floor, into unified creations that have a theme or tell a story. Each one is designed to prompt the viewer to use their own third eye. They are open to various interpretations. Most of these mets have been accomplished through water color crayons in various states, with and without other media.	Photo: Help, a Met of Leaf on a House Plant
	Photo: Thinking of You - Met of a Towel Study this one carefully. Here you'll find a man, a woman, and several interpretations (and results) of their love and relationship.
	Photo: Leaving - Met of a pile of wash cloths
	Photo: Turning Away - Met of Laundry
If you would like more information, contact Anita at: J. Reid Galleries/79 Main St/Buford ,GA 30518/770-271-0008 or 3479 Bonneville Way/Suwanee, GA 30024/770-614-3610 If you would like more information about the Buford Artists' Colony of which she is a part, you can access the following website: http://www.thecolony-art.com. You can also view our February, 1999 feature article on this most exciting art colony.