October 12 – 10:00am Ray Carbone Milbridge, Maine Sharon works in stoneware and terracotta at Sawyer Street Studio. The clay sculptures are hollow, their forms created by pushing from the inside. Bark peels, like garments, revealing smooth and vulnerable skin. Imagine holding up the sky, or dancing rooted like a tree, slow and sure. But the caryatids are autobiographical, not in the way of a likeness or a story, but from the inside out. There are so many mythologies combining human form with trees. My work has always been inspired by nature, both in the free-standing terra cotta sculpture, and the many public art relief murals I have made. September 21 – 10:00am Sharon Townshend South Portland, Maine He selects some of his pieces to be cast in bronze. Roy works with granite and basalt and has also worked with plaster and molded paper. The channeling of creative energy is an act of peace. Artists, art collectors, and arts organizations share the responsibility to support and nourish creative energy. The creation of Art is the antithesis of the destructive forces that cause so much suffering in the world. It is the means I use to connect art with my experience of life. The human figure is my most significant form. Certain forms and images are innate to our beings and speak to us with significance. Sculpture is not story it is a presence of space. These elements speak in silence about a world we all knew before we described it with words. It is the language of shapes, forms, light, space and touch. RESCHEDULED to October 5th – 10:00am Roy Patterson Gray, Maine Watch the studio tour video and interview with Paul Paul works in stoneware and is a master of surface design. I am a craft artist tactile experience and the potential for use are crucial to my definition of a craft object. It is also important to me that my work is visibly strong and durable, so that it invites touch and use. Often plant life, erotics, and references to the landscape are present. The imagery has changed over time in reaction to evolving interests and events in my life. The patterning on the surface is foremost a response to the form. I have been working with the ceramic vessel as a painting surface for over forty years, and I am still interested in this three-dimensional canvas because there is always some side hidden, regardless of the vantage point. September 7 – 10:00am Paul Heroux New Gloucester, Maine (This tour is full. Tours average one and a half hours in length. I’ll be there to greet you with refreshments. Should you need to cancel, we would appreciate notice so that a wait-listed guest may attend.Ībout one week before each tour, participants will receive directions to the artist’s studio and information including how much walking will be involved, access to restrooms, where one might have lunch and other points of interest in the vicinity. The fee, $25/person per tour, is non-refundable and paid in advance to secure space.Ĭhecks should be made out to June LaCombe and sent to Hawk Ridge Farm, 90 Minot Road Pownal, Maine 04069. This Autumn I am offering an opportunity for small groups to meet sculptors in their studios, see their work in progress, learn about tools and materials and also consider work for sale.
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