I have seen figurative works and animated animalswhat other styles or subjects do you enjoy creating and why ?
It is just all over the place — large ceramic murals building on my sculpting to perhaps picking up oils and a brush ; if you can dream it you can explore it . The only trouble is I don ’ t think I will live long enough to follow all my creative daydreams . I always am excited by new creative disciplines but to master them , if only a few , will require more time than I will ever have . That is why ceramic arts are so appealing ; there is a vast range of disciplines to enjoy simply in playing with clay .
SCULPTURE ARTIST LESLIE AHRENS
Describe an inspirational or memorable experience of a client purchasing your work .
My favorite experience was when I was doing a show on healing oneself after a great loss , and how the rebirth of spring helped that process . My mother had passed away about a year before and I hadn ’ t made a work that reflected that loss . A gentleman attending the opening night saw in that piece his wife ’ s own journey grieving the recent loss of her mother . He bought it for her as a gift . It was as if they knew each other when his wife and the piece first met .
Describe your first meeting with Michele .
Long ago when she had her Artist Tree Gallery across the street from The Davenport Hotel downtown , I sold some of my work there . That was a long time ago and life ’ s journey took both of us in different directions ; she has come a long way through thick and thin . We both have . Operating a gallery is a difficult endeavor ; she has always managed to rise to the occasion and continues to this day .
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