Psalm Gallery features Prindi Flug in April
Prindi Flug loves letters.
She explained, “Words have always fascinated and enchanted me. I love crosswords, the games of Scrabble and Boggle, poems and books. Words were used to create the universe. God comes to us in word. Jesus was and is the Word.
For me, lettering is a portal to explore, magnify and communicate the meaning of words and ideas. It is a spiritual practice, kneading and working with alphabets in a visual fashion, always hoping in the beauty and power of the letterforms, to reveal the beauty and power of the thought. The practice is both satisfying and invigorating. I am incredibly grateful for the amazing gift of letters.”
A calligrapher and educator, Flug is displaying eleven pieces of her work in the Psalm Visual Arts Gallery for all of April. She uses a variety of media and textures to highlight Scripture and other words including song lyrics by her husband and a poem that reminds her of her daughters.
Describing her beginnings in the craft, Flug said, “I can remember the emphasis that was placed on good penmanship when I was in third grade. We wrote with cartridge pens and I remember carefully practicing the loops and arches of Spencerian script. I also have a memory of decorating the cover of a history report in the fourth grade, drawing a huge ‘H’ on its cover, illuminating it with intricate designs and patterns. As a junior in high school I discovered that I had some talent in art. That set off a search for a fitting medium. In college I was a frustrated potter, never really connecting with clay. The last term of my senior year I had some elective credits to spend. I took a calligraphy class from a left-handed painter. That was it. A love of letters was born.”
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Flug went on to study her passion, independently and with formal instruction from Oregon calligraphers Jaki Svaren, Lois McClelland and Inga Dubay as well as many international teachers.
She worked in graphics and layout and design, gaining enough experience from all of this to teach art at Chemeketa Community College, Linn-Benton Community College, Western Oregon University, the International Calligraphy Conference in Portland and in South Africa for three weeks last summer. She also developed a thriving freelance calligraphy and design business before beginning a career in secondary education in 1997. Currently Flug teaches career education at Central High School in Independence, Oregon.
Flug and her husband, Ron, have three children—Jordan, Hannah Leos, and Cana.
The Psalm Gallery is open from 9:00 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, as well as during evening events in the Psalm Performing Arts Center.
