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Sarasota , Florida

Education
MFA-Ceramics May '94
University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, MA
BFA-Ceramics May '91
Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
Awards, Grants, Public Art Installations
Augusta Sculpture Trail , Augusta Georgia Public installation 2023 -2025
City of Coral Springs,FL Sample Road Public Art Exhibition 2022
City of Tamarac , FL - Purchase, Public Art collection.
"Jemma" Installed at city Hall 2021
Rosemary Beach Sculpture Exhibition Public Installation 2021-2022
Inspiration Way , City of Tamarac Florida Public installation 2021-2022
Peoples choice award - Best of show
Omnium Gatherum, Alpharetta, Georgia Public Installation 2019-2020
Florida Outdoor Sculpture competition Public Installation 2018
Southeastern Guide Dogs
Super Hero's on Parade (2) Public Installations 2017
"Spotlight on Clay" American Craft - Hanson Gallery ,Houston TX Best of show
Rosen Buyers Market of American Craft Philadelphia Pa Emerging Artist Award
Florida Individual Artist state grant competition Honorable Mention
National Society of Arts and Letters
Antonio Cirino Memorial Fund (2) years ) Grant Funding
Gallery Representation, Exhibitions
Red Bluff Gallery - "Art for Animals juried exhibit" Red Bluff, California
J and J Gallery-Florida
Venice Art center-Florida
Manatee Art center-Florida
American Fine Craft show – Sarasota FL
Vincent Williams Gallery St. Petersburg Beach , FL
St. Armand's Gallery St Armand's Circle, FL
Hanson Gallery, Houston TX -Best of Show "Spotlight on Clay" American Craft show
Archway Gallery, Houston TX juried exhibition
18 Hands Gallery Houston, TX "Illuminations" juried exhibition
The Great Frame Up League City, TX
Clear Lake Arts Alliance, Clear Lake TX juried exhibition
Mary's Art and Frame Kemah, TX
Paradise City Show, Fort Lauderdale,FL juried exhibition
Metro One Gallery, Ephraim,WI
Art and Soul Gallery Sarasota FL
Minds Eye Gallery Michigan
Florida Craftsman Gallery St. Petersburg,FL
Crafts National 31 Zoller Gallery Philadelphia, PA juried exhibition
Mayfair By The Lake Lakeland FL juried exhibition
Key West Style Gallery Gulfport FL
Craft Art Tampa, FL juried exhibition
Kathleen Carrillo Gallery Towles Court Artist Colony - solo exhibition Sarasota,FL
Hope Gallery Atlanta, GA
Iota Gallery Dallas,TX
Home Accents Boutique Clearwater, FL
Margaret Skaggs Gallery St Petersburg,FL
River Place South Carolina juried exhibit
Westchester College New York "Shrines as Contemporary Art Forms
Press, published images , news
Rosemary Thymes 2021
Sea Cows by the Sea Sarasota Public Art Presentation
Sarasota Herald Tribune 2017
Sarasota Herald Tribune 2000
Niche Magazine Spring Issue 1999
Eclipse Magazine 1999
Sarasota Herald Tribune 1996
St. Petersburg Times 1995
Artists Statement
My subject matter has remained rooted in themes of nature, feminine beauty
and animals. Sculpture's are created with the intent of bringing a figure to
life that is both whimsical and elegant simultaneously. A successful piece
exudes something of a life force in an apparent though ephemeral personality.
The paradox in the work that the up cycled material is commonly disposed of in
ways that effect the very creatures I am creating is important to me.
One artistic goal is for my work to speak, draw attention to the use of recycled materials
(that are intentionally not obvious) :
That all works made from recycled material do not have to look like the
recycled parts they were crafted from in the final work.
I am saddened by what is happening to our wildlife and environment
and create my work in an intuitive manner of conversation
between up cycled / recycled materials mixed with compounded cement,
steel and a strong affinity: appreciation for all things in nature.
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