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Sculpture, Bronze on Bronze
Size: 6 W x 11 H x 7 D in
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Death of Socrates, a life-size mask cast from the clay original, depicts this icon of wisdom at the moment he closes his eyes for the last time. Socrates was convicted of corrupting the youth of Athens. When asked what his sentence should be, he responded that he should be given free meals for life for having taught the youth without having charged a fee. Instead, he was sentenced to death. His passing marks the loss of the freedom of thought, the questioning of common beliefs, and the civil discourse that he promoted in his everyday life as the premier philosopher, teacher, and citizen of Athens. He had declared that “the unexamined life is not worth living.”
Sculpture:Bronze on Bronze
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:6 W x 11 H x 7 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
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I grew up in New Orleans and spent many childhood hours drawing. At age 7, I took painting classes in the French Quarter, where I sold one of my first paintings to a studio visitor. In high school I carved my first wood figures. I have always been fascinated with the shapes in nature (e.g., the human figure, watercourses, landscapes, and especially mountains). I preferred sculptures over drawings and paintings because of their solidity and substance, an outer form with an internal core, just like a person. At Louisiana State University I studied psychology and philosophy (including the philosophy of art) and earned my Ph.D. in clinical psychology. My academic interests were in the psychology of art, and I published papers on theories of art appreciation and did research on the relations between sculpture preferences and personality traits. During those years I also took studio classes in drawing, jewelry-making, and sculpture (clay, plaster, wood, and stone) and sold my first wood sculpture to a Professor of Sculpture. After university, I moved to the Palo Alto, California, where I practiced psychology until retiring in 2014. Throughout that time I continued to do photography, sculpture, and painting, as well as taking drawing classes and instruction in wood carving by Ruth Waters in the San Francisco Bay area. My sculpture, photography, and paintings have been exhibited in Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Washington DC, and Palo Alto, California. Pieces have also been acquired in private collections in these same U.S. cities and in London.
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