By Chad Lampe
Murray, KY – 90 year-old Helen Lafrance Orr of Mayfield is this year's winner of the Kentucky Arts Council's Folk Heritage Award. Orr is a memory painter. She told Kentucky Educational Television about her style.
"Oh, I just get to thinking about something and I say, I remember how that was, I believe I'll put it on paper or canvass or whatever."Lafrance Orr said . She continued, " I guess it is a way to relive it all over again."
Lafrance has been painting for well over 70 years. The Governors Awards are the highest arts awards given in the Commonwealth.