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| Patricia Anderson |
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Title: Tattooed Nude Description: Two combined boomerangs make a sunbather on a rock. Dimensions: H: 18", W: 46", D: 19" Medium: Stucco with acrylics Date Created: 2005 Location: Mystic, CT |
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Title: Catwraps Description: A friend once said that all my work is about my cats. This one has cats' tails and perhaps ears too. Dimensions: H: 14" W: 5" D: 4" Medium: Charlottesville soapstone Date Created: 1999 Location: Craven Community College Library, New Bern, NC |
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Title: En Pointe Description: A reference to the ballet Dimensions: H: 25", W: 20", D: 18" Medium: Plaster with surface of gesso Date Created: 1993 Location: Artist's Studio, Mystic CT |
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Title: Combination Description: Two seapurse-like forms entwined in an embrace. Dimensions: H: 18", W: 34", D: 14" Medium: Plaster with surface of gesso Date Created: 1993 Location: Currently on display at Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC |
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Title: Dancers Description: Dancing back to back, as in a tango. Dimensions: H: 29", W: 20", D: 12" Medium: Plaster with surface of gesso Date Created: 1992 Location: Artist's Studio, Mystic CT |
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Title: Sewing Group Description: Six pod-forms lean to center, the working posture of a sewing group I have enjoyed. Sewing is also the method of attachment of the pigskin around the shapes. Dimensions: H: 24", W: 18", D: 20" Medium: Leather over plaster Date Created: 1991 Location: Artist's Studio, Mystic CT |
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Title: Hornpipe Description: Celebrating the end of Desert Storm...Daddy comes home. Dimensions: H: 14", W: 12", D: 9" Medium: Ceramic, white earthenware Date Created: 1990 Location: On loan, Boston, MA |
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Title: Cocoon Description: At rest before the great event. Dimensions: H: 14", W: 32", D: 15" Medium: Plaster with gesso surface Date Created: 1989 Location: Artist's Studio, Mystic CT |
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Title: Arise Description: Two seapurses in a vertical trajectory...The Rapture Dimensions: H (w/base): 40", W: 13". D: 14" Medium: Plaster with acrylics, iron rack Date Created: 1988 Location: Artist's Studio, Mystic CT |
| Artist's Bio |
Patricia Anderson has always enjoyed working with her hands. Starting in 4th grade at a progressive elememtary school in Buffalo NY, she took elective courses in art, ceramics and wood shop. She went on to receive BFA and MFA degrees in painting from the Yale School of Art. (Her classmates at Yale included Chuck Close, Nancy Graves and Richard Serra.) Excited by the physicality in a design cour ...... more |
| Artist's Statement |
If one merely considers the forms, Anderson’s work is about movement: light and shade passing over eggshell-smooth surfaces to revealing volumes that swell and taper. However, her fascination with the way things move is more than formal. It is a direct result of her life experiences: many years of family living, caring for a husband and children, house cats and other animals. She is also intere ...... more |
| Resume |
Patricia Anderson / RESUME
Contact: 18 Charles Street, Mystic CT 06355 / phone: (860) 245-0617
e-mail: andersonw461@hotmail.com
Education: Smith College / dual major: Art History-Studio Art / BA
Drawing & Printmaking / Leonard Baskin
Yale University School of Art / BFA / MFA
Painting / Jack Tworkov, Neil Welliver, Al Held
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