I Want One: Hilda Morris

I can’t say I know much about Hilda Morris. But I’ve seen her work. And that was all it took. It leapt out from the masses.

While I started my artistic expression, drawing, like nearly everyone else, it took me years to know I am a sculptor at heart. And sculptors are somewhat under-appreciated.

Painters are the stars of the art world in the way lead guitarists are rock stars. But anyone who’s every played music knows that great guitarists, while great, are not uncommon; however bass guitarists, drummers—they keep everything together. They are the unsung heroes.

I don’t have a clue wether Hilda Morris is sung or unsung. I just know she is a sculptor and they, by and large, are under-appreciated. Though she hasn't escaped my appreciation.

That’s why she’s in my list of top-five Oregon Artists.

She passed away in the early nineties, but The Laura Russo Gallery currently represents her work.