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)”
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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!”
Fun at Padua Hills Art Fiesta
Thank you to all of you who came to look at (and buy) my art up at the Padua Hills Theater in the foothills of Claremont on Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021! It was a beautiful day, and I was thrilled to get the opportunity to meet you. The annual Art Fiesta is hosted and coordinatedContinue reading “Fun at Padua Hills Art Fiesta”
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…”