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Later that year, I moved to Minnesota where I studied sculpture, including metal
arts and bronze casting at the University of Minnesota with Wayne Potratz. Six
winters in Saint Paul eventually drove me back to sunny California where I
continued doing bronze casting at Diablo Valley College in the San Francisco
Bay Area. In 2009, I began working in encaustic which I enjoy because of its
versatility. One can paint with it, sculpt it, cast it, etch into it. It presents a
myriad of possibilities.
My work is inspired by the natural world: plant and sea life, especially pods,
cocoons and sea anemones. It is nature-referential rather than replication. The
three dimensional work resemble objects in nature, but they are unique
abstractions. The materials I use are beeswax, resin, wood, and earth pigments
which all tie into nature.
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Earth
Beeswax, resin, oil, raffia
6”x 9” x 6”
2012
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