A Heritage of Finger-painting. Page 3... On one of her many stops at North Carolina Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill she befriended Ruth Shaw, the originator of finger-painting as we know it today. The two went on to develop a serious and beautiful method of finger-painting that sent them to exhibits from New York to Los Angeles and landed their finger-paintings in collections around the world. From age 3 to 7 years I was fortunate enough to finger-paint long hours daily under the tutelage of these ladies, a few of my efforts always included in their exhibitions. It's been said, "most of what we need to know in life was learned in kindergarten". That is at least true of my art education. Gwyn Finley Reece died in 1973 due to an insulin shock caused by diabetes. She was 46 years old, the age I am now. These original finger-paintings are but a few of the dozens we are now restoring for a future traveling museum exhibit. Many of what she considered her best works are long since sold or given away, but I love them all. Parks Reece, June 30, 2000, Livingston, Montana. Paintings above are by Gwyn Reece, c1961 Page 1| Page 2 | Page 3