"cowboy" punk 2 Sculpture

"cowboy" punk 2 11" x 6" x 4" I have been working on a series of different faces in stoneware clay called "sketches in clay". Each character is created one at a time by hand building. As I come up with an idea, I try to recreate it by building glasses, adding a mustache or flowers, painting it in unique ways, or something like that. This is very similar to creating a rough sketch in pencil. No two pieces can ever be identical. GROUP & SOLO SHOWS "Interlude" (by invitation), Commonwheel, Manitou Springs, CO, 2020 12th Annual Contemporary Figurative Art Show, juried entrance, Hilliard Gallery, Kansas City, MO, 2019 Made from Clay, Fremont Center for the Arts, Canon City, CO, 2019 "Threshold", curated by Marti Lawrence Wolf, Canon City, CO, 2018 Pueblo in the Nude, Kadoya Gallery, juried entrance, Pueblo, CO, 2015 Colorado State Fair Fine Arts Exhibit, Pueblo, CO, 2009, 2010, 2014 Three Women Show, The Artists' Gallery, Canon City, CO, 2013 FCA Annual Blossom Exhibit, Canon City, CO, 2007, 2011, 2013 Canon City Artists Studio Tour, Canon City, CO, 2011, 2012 Zonta, Fremont County, CO, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2014 Featured Artist, The Artists' Gallery, Canon City, CO, 2010 - 2016 Featured Artist, Michael*s on Main, Canon City, CO, 2012, 2015 Arkansas Valley Showcase, Canon City, CO, 2010, 2011 Aquarius National Watercolor Exhibit, Sangres de Cristo Art Center, juried entrance, Pueblo, CO, 2012 Salute to Southern Colorado Artists, Canon City, CO, 2008, 2009, 2011 "Strut Your Stuff", Fremont Center for the Arts, Canon City, CO, 2009 "Emergence", curated by Marti Lawrence Wolf, Fremont Center for the Arts, Canon City, CO, 2008 Featured Artist at The Stompin' Grounds Café, Beulah, CO, 2011 AWARDS & HONORS "Finale of Madame Butterfly", commissioned to create a painting*for a fundraiser for the Sarasota Opera House, September 2016 1st Place for two pieces, "the sentinels" and "portrait of a reader", Pueblo in the Nude, Kadoya Gallery, 119 Central Plaza, Pueblo, CO 81003, July 2015 "Engaging her intellect..." juried into acrylic works 3, North Light Books, June 2015 (to be published May 2016) 1st Place in Sculpture and fiber division, "the dismay of a messenger", Zonta, October 2014 Juror's Choice Award for "Awaiting the sunrise...", Colorado State Fair, Fine Arts Competition, August 2014 1st place in drawing and painting for "Awaiting the sunrise...", Zonta, November 2013 Commissioned to paint two large paintings for the permanent Western Movies Collection at Fremont Center for the Arts (FCA) in March 2013. "The moment she had to decide" juried into the Aquarius National Watercolor Exhibition 2012 (SCWS) 1st place in drawing and painting for "The moment she had to decide", Zonta, October 2011 Merit Award for "She held it close to her chest.", Arkansas Valley Artists Show Case, October 2011 1st place in Sculpture / mixed media division for "Acrobat... self actualization", Salute to Southern Colorado Artists, February 2011 Honorable Mention for Carmen, Arkansas Valley Artists Showcase, November 2010 3rd Place (entire show) for "Acrobat... self-actualization" , Fremont Center for the Arts 63rd Annual Blossom Exhibit, May 2010 1st Place (entire show) for "What drives a warrior...", Fremont Center for the Arts 62nd Annual Blossom Exhibit, May 2009 1st Place (sculptural division) for "Integrity", Salute to Southern Colorado Artists, February 2009 Merit Award (sculptural division) for "Female Mask Study", Salute to Southern Colorado Artists, February 2009 Honorable Mention for "In her brother's socks...", Fremont Center for the Arts 61st Annual Blossom Exhibit, May 2008 Merit Award (entire show) for "Alexandria", Fremont Center for the Arts 60th Annual Blossom Exhibit, May 2007 Honorable Mention for "Red", Fremont Center for the Arts 60th Annual Blossom Exhibit, May 2007 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Portrait Society of America (May 2014 - present) Fremont Center for the Arts (FCA) (May 2007 - present) 505 Macon Avenue, Canon City, CO, 81212