The Coshocton County Beacon January 8, 2020 | Page 3
IT FEELS GOOD
TO BE HOME
Beth Scott| Beacon
A Beautiful Solution for Every Style
Janice Hyson will have her work shown at the West Lafayette Library during the month
of January. These are just a few examples of her artwork that hang in her room at
Lafayette Point.
West Lafayette Library to feature
coloring art in January
By Beth Scott
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JANUARY 8, 2020
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WEST LAFAYETTE - Janice Hyson has had
a lot of hardships during her life, but
she doesn’t let that get her down. The
Lafayette Pointe resident spends a lot of
her time doing something that she has
done since she was a child. She colors,
and some of her vibrant artwork will
be shown at the West Lafayette Library
during the month of January.
“I used to color with my children,” said
Hyson. “We would lay on our tummies
in the front room and they had their
coloring books and crayons and I had my
coloring book and crayons.”
Christy Mosier thought that Hyson’s
colorful pictures would make a beautiful
display at the West Lafayette Library.
They chose 25 of Hyson’s colorings to
display at the library during the month of
January.
“The first time she came here, she went
on about my pictures,” said Hyson. “I’m
just doing these things for pleasure. I
never thought about being an artist. It’s
just something that I’ve been doing all
my life.”
Hyson also does other artistic work. For
years, she enjoyed painting by number
activities, although she can no longer do
them.
“I loved doing those, and I cross-
stitched for years,” said Hyson.
Hyson has a cross-stitch picture she
created of cats hanging on the wall of her
room that she made for her mother years
ago.
“As the years went by, I did so many dif-
ferent kinds of needlework, and now in
the mornings, I do afghans,” said Hyson.
She is famous for decorating the furni-
ture in the nursing home with her many
afghans.
Five years ago, Hyson was diagnosed
with Parkinson’s Disease and said that
coloring is therapeutic to her.
“It keeps my brain busy, which is ada-
mant with this disease,” she said.
Hyson likes to color with colored pen-
cils and enjoys coloring animals, espe-
cially birds and owls.
“You can do more with colored pencils
than you can do with crayons or mark-
ers,” said Hyson.
She also colors mandalas. Mandalas
can be very elaborate, but basically, they
are a series of circles within a square and
arranged into sections around a central
point.
“They are beautifully done,” said
Hyson. “I don’t know the pattern or how
it’s going to look until I start. I’m working
on making a statement with them. The
one that surprised me the most was a
drawing of what looked like was going to
be abstract, but when I got one part done,
it was a 3-D box. When I got one done, I
knew what I was going to do to the other
boxes to make them stand out.”
Hyson said when she gets tired of work-
ing on one type of art medium, she will
put it to the side and start another.
“Sometimes I get stumped on them, so
what I do is put them in the drawer and
work on another one,” said Hyson.
Hyson said she enjoys coloring because
it gives her something do to and keeps
her busy during the day.
The West Lafayette Library is open
Monday through Wednesday 10 a.m. to 7
p.m., Thursday and Friday from 10 a.m. to
5 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The
public is invited to come view Hyson’s
artwork during normal business hours.
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