Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-24
MATCHING THE RAINBOW

Tho process, whether 81 includes dye
Ing or painting with ola or water
colors, he guards carefully. ffs en-
plains that he mas pat not only Ms
fortune but mis- heart and ambition into
". IL was evolved out OF his own
background and interests. ard ths
method q. well as the etyie Of the art
Is therefore an expression OF bis own
personality.
Mr.. walters hns had varied er-
perience with the arts. rIo he's been
a violin student at Lsipalc, a student
Of painting at Munich. End Paris, and
he spent some time az Oxford deIving
into the classics and studying the iifs
10 the ancient Greeks. lie invented
n color organ 20 establish a note scale
Of warm and cold coiors, and this
scale he later used as the foundation
Of his Aztec color work.
Most of the silks in his exhibition
are meant for wall drsperies or scsrfs
Log strips about IS inches wide and
IL or feet long hang on tho walls.
They float in the breeze from an open
window and the ripple makes the
colors more irldescent.
IL Differs From Batth.
Mr.. Walters explains that this Tow
ling Of the colors involves ono Of hts
theories. He believes that sharply
outlined designs are not suitable for
textiles that are 10 be- draped or AL
llowed TO float, because the design 10
lost or distorted when tho material
falls In folds. He believes that where
folds form the charm ~ decoration.
1.-THE folds ought 70 have free fxpres-
sion and ought not 70 be interfercd
with by hand designs. tina, the de-
signs should float into The folds. This
Is the reason Of the shafowy effects.
n is not easy to describe anything
80 elusive SO the colors in tho vario-
gated hangings Frederic MacMon
MES. sculptor Of the civic Virtue
, statue which has so upset New York
, calls them a poet painter musicians
r vision Of color adapted 20 fabric. MAJ
, Monnies added, In "A flight Of poetic
. abandon. that they reminded him -
s. glitter and simmer and sheen ~
, dragon flies wings and pale sun RE
ings and storm blown gardens "
/ There is one piece entitled Rain
bow" The long strip has NJ top and
l. bottom a shadowy green and blue
+ lake with slender reeds half visible
2 In the water. From these cool coIors
the sky rises through rainbow tints
: 70 a vivid orange sunset. and in the
. center Of tho scarf between tho two
scenes is the conventional rainbo-1
lcurving across the sky.
Morning Star" il a blending Of darl
purple, green and blue suggesting the
~ sea ar daybreak. lighted only by on4
n shaft Of pale lemon colored light
10 Summer" IL a silk hanging with
background Of sky blue shading int
y rose. Delicate yellow flowers bloorr
, I'm the grass at the foot oe tho piece
10 and above n single branch OF bud
~ ding tree stands out against the slcy
What the artist considers nj
y na sterpiece Of textile decoration ~
great pink fanninzo poised against ~
" exotic tropical background. tn
flsmingo appeals To Mr.. Walters ss n,
!. motif that is most beautiful and hes
adapted TO decoration IN form sn4
:. color Much as Whistler used
q. butterfly. Mr. Walter uses a swlrC
H. ssetched pink flarninso for his sig
n nature. Which his pink 6aufnso. hi
no rainbow silks. and an slluring touc
he lOf mystery. Mr.. Walters has bscorn
m. the talk Of the art colonies ~ Ne-
m. York and Washington.