End of Summer 2024

Recently, I had visitors to my studio who asked me about my work, and it helped me hone in on what has been on my mind regarding my life’s work, sculpting.

Why sculpture? Since I was a little girl and first started going to museums, I have experienced an emotional response in the presence of sculptures. These included the work of European masters and contemporary sculptors, sculpture and utilitarian objects from the Americas, Japan, China, and Africa, Indigenous tribal art, and prehistoric artifacts from the Stone and Bronze Age.

The process of taking a lump of clay or a block of stone with intent and focus to sculpt a figure is the driving force behind what keeps me going back to my studio every day. There is a visceral feeling that seems insatiable. I work on several pieces at a time. Right now, I have clay heads and torsos in progress, a 34-inch marble female torso, and over a dozen travertine and marble pieces that I roughed out in Italy over the years waiting for me to finish.

Why the female figure? My interpretation of the female form is symbolic. I am inspired by artifacts from the Bronze and Stone Age (around the 3rd millennium BCE) that archeologists and art historians theorize had some ritualistic purpose. My ritual is simple: bring harmony and balance into the figure while honoring the archetype of the feminine divine.

We have been busy packing and crating thirty-eight marble, travertine, bronze, and terra cotta sculptural works that will leaving the studio. Here are a few samples of my new work going to to FL and Santa Fe, and Chestertown, MD this fall. We will have details in the following newsletter and on Instagram.

We hope you have had a great summer and thank you for your support!

 

Claire and studio crew

Top (L-R) Artista series 24-4  and 24-2 

Bottom (L-R) Torso Piccola 24-3 and 24-2

Grateful for my team in Colorado, Steve, me, Jose

winter 2024. Paul Miller photography

 

represented by the following galleries