Figurative art dolls
Lannie Hart is a sculptor and painter born in Jacksonville, Florida. Raised in a family of creative women, Hart was exposed as a child to needle crafts, painting and the possibilities of making art from found objects. These inspirational women had a major impact on her development as an artist. After graduating from Virginia Commonwealth …
Lannie Hart, exploring female sexuality & empowerment Read More »
My mother always told the story about me coming home from Kindergarten with a colored picture of a duck. She praised me for coloring within the lines only to find out from the teacher that I had drawn the duck myself. From that moment there was never any doubt that I was, and always would …
Carole Belliveau, fine art dolls to figures in landscape Read More »
Neo Baroque The Baroque was a period of celebration and exuberance expressed best through the arts. Its strong insistence on Christian themes was also a thin veil for the pagan extravagance that had been going on since the earlier Renaissance. Through Humanism during these periods man was taken and put at the center of the …
Teresa Oaxaca, Neo Baroque celebration of extravagence Read More »
Canadian born, Maria Saracino began her career as a commercial artist. She discovered polymer clay in the mid 1990’s and has sculpted her way into an awarding winning career in figurative sculpture. Her style is both realistic and whimsical. Through her masterful use of polymer, resins and textiles, she is able to capture candid snapshots …
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I use a range of textile media howvever I particularly enjoy felting fibres and fabrics together to make a flexible, tactile medium for my artwork. I am currently developing a method of felted sculpture. In addition I am interested in the history and development of textiles and clothing. I also create surface designs for textiles …
Daena Title’s long-term obsession with women’s issues and contemporary dynamics led her to mine the Barbie doll as metaphor in her recent series of paintings and photographs. For “DROWN the DOLLS”, Title submerged the Barbie doll (and herself) in a backyard pool and then aimed her camera upwards towards the under-side of the pool’s surface. …
