Creating superior quality bronze sculptures
Ruth Gee's personal commitment in art is based on the Bible verse: “Finally, Brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think on these things.” Philippians 4:8 Ruth was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota of Scandinavian parents. Her family moved to Bolivia, South America as missionaries when … read more...
Tony began sculpting while still a child, soaking up his knowledge of the arts from his father, EvAngelos Frudakis, a sculptor, and his mother, Virginia, a painter. Tony was born in Bellows Falls, Vermont in 1953, but soon after the family moved to southern New Jersey. When Tony was graduated from high school he discovered his love of sculpting at Duke University. After a year at the university, Tony returned home where he worked as an … read more...
Kirk Newman began his artistic career experimenting with abstract sculpture and painting in the exciting post-World War II era. What increasingly intrigued him, however, was the human figure and how it could speak to the complexities of the modern world. Newman began his exploration of the figure by creating small sculptures of anonymous businessmen. While their suits identified them as figures of power and authority, their crouching, falling, … read more...
"If, on my last day on Earth, I will know that I have added a link to the human chain of knowledge, then I will have achieved my life’s work." -Omri Amrany Omri Amrany is an Israeli-American best known as a sculptor and painter, though also accomplished as an architectural innovator and wall tapestry designer. Self-taught, he taps into such movements as surrealism for inspiration but eludes being categorized, inventing his own terminology … read more...
ARTIST STATEMENT I use my figures to tell stories and clarify the world around me. These stories range from gestural vignettes, to personaland spiritual examinations, and socio-political study. The human figure is a universal shorthand which allows my sculpture to have an intimate connection with the viewer. I use these unconscious gestures to express emotion that is elemental. Something that hits us before it reaches our higher consciousness. … read more...
Jane Bunge's bronze figurative sculptures powerfully capture the human condition as experienced in the everyday moments of life, as well as in times of the most difficult global challenges -- war, starvation, man's inhumanity to man. This American Sculptor takes her place in the cultural renaissance now sweeping the country. She creates original art work that calls for peace and economic justice, even as it explores universal experiences on an … read more...
"When I am sculpting, time stands still. I'm totally involved. All my emotions are put into it," she said. "If I have a vision, I want to carry it through to completion." Some days she will work as many as 10 hours straight. "It's a very solitary thing," said Suzanne. She studied sculpting in Paris and the Loire Valley of France, as well as in Montreal, Canada. She gathered inspiration after visiting the studios of world famous sculptors, David … read more...
