Interview with Radically Rural
Marshall County Art Guild
Felix Maxwell
I met Felix at the Art Guild (http://www.marshallcountyartguild.org/). He was hanging out helping with the kids’ art camp and when I asked him about his art (talking about the woman in “I Can’t Stop Dancing”) he smiled and said, “I like this lady.” He said that it was a school reunion and Felix couldn’t believe that she didn’t stop dancing the ENTIRE time, all by herself! He laughed as he recounted it. We talked about how people like that make everyone else feel like they can dance too.
He then talked about “There is Music in the Air.” He said that he took pieces of several different scenes he had captured and put them all together for that one. I expressed how dynamic his works were, and how you could almost see the movement. The image on the right side Title “Round Midnite.” You could tell he was the most proud of this one. He said that it was a portrait of his son who died in a car accident. I asked him to tell me a little about his son and he talked about how smart he was and what a good musician he was.
Felix has been steady at his art for over 50 years, and it shows. You can also tell that he’s invested a lot in the community during that time too.
