Verline Mijiza Geaither

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Verline Mijiza Geaither

• Painter/Sculptor

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Mijizas bio

• Mijiza (Swahili for she who works with her
  hands) was born in Anderson, Indiana and as a
  small child consistently demonstrated an interest
  and a talent in all forms of the visual arts.
• During her high school years, Mijiza began to
  take serious interest in cultivating her artistic
  abilities. In 1968, her design of the crest for
  the community hospital in her hometown of
  Anderson, Indiana resulted in her winning her
  first award. Mijiza received four years of art
  training from Marian College, in Indianapolis,
  Indiana. She was a professional ceramic artist at
  the internationally known Louisville Stoneware
  Company in Louisville, Kentucky. In 1987 she was
  solicited to create and paint murals for selected
  schools in the Jefferson County, Kentucky, Public
  School System. However, most importantly, Mijiza
  believes her artistic inspiration and talent are
  gifts and blessings from God.
• Mijiza has won a variety of awards for paintings
  including the Boulder Colorado Art Associations
  1989 First Place Award for Picking Up Pebbles,
  the 1990 Honorable Mention Award for Flourishing
  Essence, and the 1996 Boulder Corporate Award for
  Black into Sound.

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bi bio cont.

• Her work was the subject of a one-person show in
  1996 at the National Center for Atmospheric
  Research in Boulder sponsored by the National
  Science Foundation. In addition, Mijiza was the
  second place winner in the 1999 DaimlerChrysler
  Motion Through Art competition for painting
  entitled Getting to the Church on Time and a
  finalist in the 2000 competition for A Passion
  for Style.
• As a visual artist, Mijizas work depicts many
  dimensions of life drawn from her ethnic
  background with an emphasis on human interaction
  and relationships. She believes that bright
  abstract shapes and intricate lines provide a
  dramatic and effective means for her expression
  of both the motion of human form and the emotion
  of the human spirit.
• Mijiza continues to pursue her art by creating
  custom artwork for private organizations,
  agencies and associates. Mijizas artistic
  expressions through her paintings help to enhance
  and complete the energetic lifestyle she leads as
  a wife, mother and grandmother.

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• Chrysler
• Acrylic

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• Medolic Strings
• Acrylic
• 19 ½ x 15 ½

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• Standing in the Gap
• Oil
• 23 ¼ x 27 ¼

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• Green Dancers
• Acrylic
• 26 ¼ x 18 ¾

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• Jumoke
• Acrylic
• 26 ¼ x 33 ½

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• Untitled
• Acrylic
• 18 ½ x 22 ½

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• Resting in the Word
• Acrylic
• 25 ½ x 19 ¼

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• Black Into Sound
• Acrylic
• 29 ½ x 28

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• Pianissimo
• Acrylic
• 19 ½ x 15 ½

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• Jingle-Jangle
• Acrylic
• 19 ½ x 15 ½

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• Long Note
• Acrylic
• 19 ½ x 15 ½

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• Blowin Back the Dark
• Acrylic
• 19 ½ x 15 ½

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• The Touch
• Acrylic
• 23x19

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• Make Me, Mold Me
• Acrylic
• 19 ½ x 15 ½