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4 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2001 AROUND THE VALLEY The Abizona Republic ivery Rudy Turk picture tells a Turk story If you go overly dictated compositional details that some artists like to paint in small scale before they tackle the larger piece," Tooker said. Yet Turk admires realist painters for their technique and enjoys Impressionist paintings because "they're so damn pretty." Turk's art has been called primitive, but he doesn't like to be categorized. "Someone once asked me how I knew what to paint, and I told them, 'Well, if I can't think of anything, there's always And I like painting faces because I find them so intriguing." Winking, he added, "If I were a woman, I'd marry an ugly man." Valley gallery owners and collectors know Turk best for his paintings of Christian saints. One show piece, Veronica's Veil, directly relates to his i boyhood days in church and his art-history background. The show includes other religious representations as well as faces, nudes, flowers and paintings inspired by ceramics shows.

Turk has painted all but three of the works since his retirement. Turk believes the exhibition represents his best effort. And for anyone who is willing to try, they can imagine a Rudy Turk story behind each one. WHAT: "Searching," an exhibit of work by Valley artist Rudy Turk. WHERE: West Valley Art Museum, 17420 N.

Avenue of the Arts, Surprise. WHEN: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday through Oct. 28. ADMISSION: $5 general, $1 for students, free for children 5 and younger.

INFORMATION: (623) 972-0635. Russell GatesThe Arizona Republic Rudy Turk is inspired by Greek Orthodox church icon WAREHOUSE SALE services BOUTIQUE "Our Service Is Your Advantage" 30-60 OFF 2ooo Friday, 105 through Sunday, 107 Hours: 9am 6pm By Sally Benford Special for The Republic Artist Rudy Turk remembers sneaking into a Sheboygan, Greek Orthodox Church as a boy to look at the vivid religious icons. He also recalls that while serving as an altar boy he would inch his way over to any spot where he could stand under the brilliant hues streaming through the stained-glass windows. "I loved being an altar boy, and I remember wanting to stand under the color of the windows," TUrk said. Stories of his childhood, which the artist characterizes as difficult, provide just a portion of the inspiration for an exhibition of his paintings at the West Valley Art Museum.

Turk, 74, better known in Valley art circles as director emeritus of the Arizona State University Art Museum, followed a circuitous route out of Sheboygan as an art historian and curator and landed in the Valley in 1967 to interview for the position of ASU's art director. "I was totally unimpressed," Turk said of the art facilities. But two weeks later, Turk was in Tempe unpacking. During his 25 years there, the art museum went from a satisfactory collection of American art in a single room at Matthews Center to its award-winning building, the Nelson Fine Arts Center, which holds nearly 8,000 works of art, including one of the country's finest collections of ceramics. Turk retired from ASU in 1992 and returned to his first love, painting.

He works three days a week in his Scottsdale studio, finding inspiration, he says, in many ways. "I call this show 'Searching' Reg. $486 Sale $292 Reg. $1215 Sale $486 because despite the fact that I use the same themes many times over, each time I paint, something new happens. It's completely intuitive and simplistic," he said.

"Rudy is a fantastic storyteller, and every painting is a Rudy story," said David Tooker, curator of the West Valley Art Museum. "He has an inspiration for an idea, and then there's the drive and passion to get it down quickly. His work has incredible energy to it." Turk acknowledges that sometimes the work happens very quickly. One piece in the 42-painting exhibition, CEO, was painted in response to a telephone conversation. "I was talking to a man that I don't like very much.

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Fifth Ave. Information: (602) 262-2020 or www.the paperheart.com. Also as a part of Artlink First Fridays, local poet group The New Subterraneans will perform from 7 to 10 tonight at Paulina Miller Gallery at 817 N. First St. Information: (602) 307-9643.

The Authors' Cafe" in Scottsdale features family poetry night with an open mike from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday. Also this week, Actors Workout presents Salon Series: Monologues and Scenes at 7 D.m. http:azpoetry.org. The Arizona State Poetry Society welcomes all poets and friends of poetry.

The Scottsdale Mustang Poetry group of the society meets at 7 p.m. the second Monday of each month at Scottsdale Mustang Library, 10101 N. 90th St. Information: (480) 312-6050. Poetry Sunday is broadcast every week from 4 to 6 p.m.

on www.knotradio.org. Michael Loney and Barbara McNally are the hosts. They are looking for local guest poets to read weekly. Information: (480) 921-2040. Outspoken features local and national performance poets at 11 p.m.

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