The artist's exhibit of senior paintings will be on display at the Solon Center for the Arts through Dec. 14
An exhibit of paintings the artist says depict "amazing old souls" will be on display in Solon through mid-December. "The Solon Senior Project: Judy Takacs Paints Fascinating Wisdom" opens tonight at 6:30 p.m. at the Solon Center for the Arts with a reception. The exhibit runs through Dec. 14. Hours will be from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Fridays; and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturdays. "Each week, for the past nine months or so, I painted a different senior citizen at the Solon Senior Center," Takacs said in an email. "These are the paintings that resulted from these very special encounters with these amazing old souls." Takacs would show up to the senior center to paint seniors in the lobby. The models …
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Painter and Solon resident Judy Takacs is painting portraits of 80-plus seniors at the Solon Senior Center.
Joseph Russ stared at the painting of himself. It wasn't done yet, but he asked the question anyway. When you're over 80 and you're modeling for the first time, these are the kinds of things you ask. "You going to put more wrinkles on it?" Russ asked the painter. Judy Takacs laughs. "You'll get more, don't worry!" Takacs, a painter from Solon, has created a buzz in the Solon Senior Center with her weekly visits to capture the age-worn faces of Solon's elders with paint and canvas. Takacs shows up on Thursdays to paint seniors in the lobby. Russ and her other models, receive $40 to hold still and make a variety of poses for two hours. Other seniors gather and watch her work, and that's how many of her models, including Russ, sign on. Takacs…
