‘Everybody can paint’
Nellie Hoot of Othello is the Old Hotel’s Artist of the Month for both August and September.
COURTESY PHOTO/NELLIE HOOT
Artist Nellie Hoot leads a painting class in Othello. Hoot, the Old Hotel’s Artist of the Month, often offers classes at the Old Hotel and private painting parties.
One of Nellie Hoot’s favorite painting surfaces is cymbals from her husband’s drum set. Here she used masking tape and oil paint to create a flower on a broken cymbal.
Nellie Hoot honored her adopted hometown of Othello by painting its iconic water tower on an antique handsaw.
This fanciful mishmash came from artist Nellie Hoot’s first attempt at working with watercolors.
OTHELLO — Nellie Hoot, the Old Hotel Art Gallery’s Artist of the Month, has been several kinds of artist in her time.
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