Jaccquelyn Carruthers is an Artist With Good Taste

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by Susie Fenwick

Jacquelyn Carruthers

THE MULTI-DIMENSIONAL VIEWPOINT OF A PAINTER WITH “GOOD TASTE”

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THE WORLD AROUND JACQUELYN Carruthers buzzes with energy and so does Jacquelyn. She is in perpetual motion tending rescue horses, growing an organic garden, participating in community events, and nurturing relationships with family and friends. She is very much a free thinker who channels positive energy into rapid fire thoughts and ideas. She speaks four languages. She laughs often and easily. She is a whirling dervish of sight, sound, and sensation. Above all, Jacquelyn Carruthers paints. She is an artist with uncommon talent and an abundance of creative energy to sustain her ability to produce for her own enjoyment and for the pleasure of others.

Jacquelyn Carruthers was cautioned at an early age by her paternal grandmother, Lovey, “Don’t tell everybody what you see.” The wise old lady knew others would think her beloved granddaughter strange if they were privy to the child’s vivid description of tasting colors with her eyes. Grandmother Lovey feared the prospect of Jacquelyn being ostracized if she excitedly revealed to others her ability to see depths and layers of colors not detected by the average person. So comfortable with her perceptions, Jacquelyn was undaunted by the admonishment. Jacquelyn’s velvet brown eyes light up with the thought of her eyes tasting colors that the eyes of others only see. Halloween has always been her favorite occasion because the world is garnished with the blacks and oranges of the season. The color combination is appealing to her eyes but even more so Jacquelyn loves the taste of the colors of the season. Black tastes of licorice with its exotic, bittersweet, aromatic flavor like fennel or star anise. As much in contrast as the color black is the color orange. In Jacquelyn’s world the taste of the color orange has a bright, light, citrus flavor. Besides tasting the colors, through Jacquelyn’s eyes the inanimate become animate. Flowers come to life and fruit takes on new dimensions. A feminist activist, Jacquelyn is known for her striking portraits of women, particularly her likenesses of Native American women. With both Choctaw and Cherokee ancestry,

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Jacquelyn takes pride in capturing their beauty and strength on canvas. “Never a prophet in your own house,” is how Jacquelyn describes her art selling in other parts of the country before she gained recognition closer to home. Through the wonders of social media, aesthetes from across the country learned of her art and were happy to acquire paintings to include in their collections. Gaining prominence closer to home, the artist’s paintings have been exhibited in many local galleries. Native American paintings were included in an exhibit in November, 2021 in the Kentucky State Capitol rotunda in observance of Native American Heritage Month. Jacquelyn was invited to exhibit again at the state capitol in observance of the Kentucky Derby, but her beautiful painting of a striking, young

Creole lady was sold locally before it could be exhibited. Her work is also included in the Kentucky Arts Council’s Native Reflections: Visual Art by American Indians of Kentucky. To her many viewers both near and far, the world is more beautiful with each new creation crafted at the hands of Jacquelyn Carruthers.

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