Shakira Winston, known to her friends as Kira for short, will be one of an estimated 60 local artists exhibiting at Valley Arts Council’s Fall Into the Holidays show and sale the weekend of November 2nd and 3rd at Valley Community Center.
Kira is originally from West Point and now lives in Valley. She’s a 2012 graduate of Troup High School, where art class was her first love.
“I can remember winning a blue ribbon in an art show in West Point when I was in elementary school,” she said. “From then on, I loved all my art classes. It got even better when I got into the upper grades. I could learn such techniques as how to blend colors when you are into realism.”
“I load up every time I go to Hobby Lobby,” she said. “I have lots of oil and acrylic paint. I know I will find a use for all of it.”
Kira is into sports art and will have artwork at the show promoting the Georgia Bulldogs, the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Auburn Tigers.
“This will be my first art show at the Community Center, and I’m really excited about it,” she said. “Creating something artistic has always been an escape for me, and I love it.”