I enjoy seeing work when it’s “in process.” Here 3 sculptures which are in various stages of being completed. The cat is missing the wire and beads which will hold on its arms. It will get some pretty stylish earrings, before I consider it done. (The figure with the black bonnet is actually finished inContinue reading “Merry-go-round of 3 Sculptures”
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Padua Hills Art Sale: Claremont Sunday, Nov. 6th from 11-4 PM
It’s going to be a beautiful day, so come enjoy some delightful art!
Speed-sculpting Basics Workshops with Quincey Grace in Claremont, CA!
You’ll go home knowing exactly how to do this on your own and a familiarity with what tools are necessary, and how to use them!
Butterfly Girl #4 Process (4-10-22)
I sculpted the figure using Soldate 60 clay slabs over my fabric & stuffing armature. The head and torso were created first, and then then the butterfly “ears” were added. The sculpture was then wrapped loosely in plastic and left to dry slowly, for 1-2 weeks, in a “damp box” (i.e. an old refrigerator thatContinue reading “Butterfly Girl #4 Process (4-10-22)”
I’ve been crazily busy this March!
10 sculptures came pouring out of me this month! I had tons of fun exploring a new technique I learned from Arthur Gonzalez and Esther Shimazu: pushing from within, instead of adding from the outside. (Well, okay, so I did add some.) It’s FANTASTIC (and a bit unsettling) to watch their faces literally emerge fromContinue reading “I’ve been crazily busy this March!”
Something totally unexpected at the Fort Tejon Outlet Mall in California!
If you’re traveling over The Grapevine (i.e. Interstate Freeway 5 where it passes over the mountains that divide Southern California from The Central Valley) treat yourself to an something unexpected–an enormous art gallery in the middle of the Fort Tejon Outlet Mall! It’s the Bird Dog Arts Gallery at 5701 Outlets at Tejon Pkwy, CaliforniaContinue reading “Something totally unexpected at the Fort Tejon Outlet Mall in California!”
The 10-Figurine Challenge
In November 2020, Quincey was spending HOURS every day cruising Pinterest, looking at the works of artists from around the world and across time periods. She got so inspired that she gave herself a challenge: create 10 blank figurines in 5 hours and see how different she could make them look. So, the “blanks” youContinue reading “The 10-Figurine Challenge”
It all began with a briefcase…
In 2021, artist Karen “Quincey” Grace–got back into the art world after retiring from teaching English, in 2019 and taking 4 hand-building ceramics classes. Quincey is a self-taught artist who entered the art world through the wild furniture she painted in the early 1990’s. Here’s how her artistic adventure began… Fateful morning #1: In 1991,Continue reading “It all began with a briefcase…”