Art by Graphic Design Specialist Timothy Porter on Billboard Along U.S. 52 South

In addition to being the graphic design specialist for Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, Timothy Porter is a painter and a potter.

You can now see one of Porter’s paintings on a billboard on U.S. 52 South.

For its ArtPop program, The Arts County of Winston-Salem & Forsyth County chose work by five area artists to post on local billboards.

Porter is one of them. His piece “Fall Feeding” is now on display on a billboard near the Waughtown Street exit. 

When you see the sign for the exit, look to the left. It’s on a billboard on the other side of the highway.

“There are three things in the painter – the eye, the mind and the hand,” Porter said. “Each of them should aid the other.

“This is how I always approach my canvas as I prepare to paint, realizing that ‘Art is a harmony parallel with nature.’ And the awareness of our strength makes us modest.

“Painting is darn difficult - you always think you've got it, but you haven't. So it has a way of humbling you.”

The billboard space is being donated by Fairway Outdoor Advertising.

To read a story about the program by Winston-Salem Journal reporter Lynn Felder, go to Winston-Salem Journal