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Carol FlemingUntitled Sphere (multi-color)2020
2020
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Carol Fleming
Untitled Sphere (multi-color)
Medium: Ceramic, glaze
Year: 2020
Size: 12" diameter
COA provided
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Creating is the best and deepest part of me, the true voice of my inner, God-given, personality. I opened my studio after completing graduate school at Ohio University. For a quarter of a century, I have fashioned columns with pliable clay, upwards of 250 pounds per column. The stoneware body is formulated for me according to my own recipe. I also mix all my own glazes. To date, I have done 335 firings in my gas kiln, a New York-made Bailey. I gain great delight in shouldering my way through the clay with a heavy wood roller. The blank “canvas” will begin to speak for me as I muscle the primary slab forms, building and coiling the clay by hand. For final shaping, I pound the clay with a simple paddle; each column hums its own songs. The columns rise from my own story. Losing my father while I was in high school made me comprehend how truly precious life is. I realized it was important to make each day count. To that end, I aim to live fully, savoring individual moments, to trust in God, and to forgive completely. Living this way yields positive images and uplifting messages of beauty, which I aim by my art to create and share. When all is said and done, at the end of my days, I want the clay work to point to our Maker, the original Artist.
- Creator:Carol Fleming (American)
- Creation Year:2020
- Dimensions:Height: 12 in (30.48 cm)Diameter: 12 in (30.48 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Kansas City, MO
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Carol Fleming
EDUCATION 1988 M.F.A. Ohio University, Athens, OH 1983 B.A. Earlham College, Richmond, IN Plus, study at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL, Studio School, New York City, NY, and Heatherley's School of Art, London, England SOLO AND TWO ARTISTS EXHIBITIONS 2014 Center of Creative Arts, University City, Bridging Installation, 4 Pillars + Strings
2012 Bonsack Gallery, John Burroughs School, Ladue, MO Timeless in Nature 2009 Leopold Gallery, Kansas City, MO (with another artist) 2006 Union University, Art Gallery, Jackson, TN, Crucifixion Columns 2005 Udinotti Gallery, Scottsdale AZ (with another artist) 2003 New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, Indiana, October, 12 Arches 2002 Thomas Jefferson School, St. Louis, MO, Architectural light sculptures 2000 The Arts Company, Nashville, TN (with another artist)
2001 The Sheldon Galleries, in the Lopata Sculpture Garden, St. Louis, MO
1998 Craft Alliance, University City, MO (with another artist) 1997 Lisa Steinmetz Gallery, Clayton, MO 1996 St. Louis Art Fair, Clayton, MO, 115 accepted out of 1200 1992 Elliot Smith Contemporary Arts, St. Louis, MO 1992 Bell Gallery, Seattle, WA (with another artist) 1988 Stoner Art Center, Shreveport, LA (with another artist) 1987 New Arts Gallery, St. Louis, MO 1986 Artists on the Corner, St. Louis, MO COLLECTIONS Commercial (* site-specific) J. Gilbert’s restaurant West County, horse head 2011*
Novus International, St. Charles, MO* Hilton Hotel, Dedham, Boston, MS * First Hawaiian Bank, Honolulu, HI The Private Bank, Brentwood, MO * Steel Case, Grand Rapid, MI Bridge SWT Design Landscaping, 2 Eggs Webster Groves, MO 3 Eggs Windermere Real Estate, Mercer Island, WA 4 column fountain H&R Block, Kansas City, 3 columns Centenary College, Shreveport, LA Gold Lake Ranch Resort, Ward, CO* Shaw Park*, Clayton, Egg and Bench. John Burroughs School, Acorn CRITICAL REVIEWS 2020 Alive Magazine, Gifted Hands, profiling Carol…, by Rob Levy 2019 Country Living Magazine, early spring, by Gerry Mandel “Art that Springs…” 2017 Ohio University, College of Fine Arts, “Happening?” June 30, Daniel King. 2017 Ladue News, “Art and Soul”, February 2, Bryan Hollerbach, 2005 Art in the Park, 5 Eggs on Vines, for a fundraiser, Jefferson City, MO 1997 Art at the Institute, Francis Schaeffer Institute, Nancy Hughes 1996 St. Louis Magazine, Nina Diamond 1996 St. Louis Post Dispatch, Carol Ferring Shepley 1995 Ceramics Art and Perception, magazine Bill Mahin 1995 Clayton Word, Eileen Duggan 1995 Ladue News, Nina Diamond 1994 St. Louis Post Dispatch, Robert Duffy 1994 St. Louis Post Dispatch, Carol Ferring Shepley 1993 Sculpture Magazine, Matthew Kangas 1992 American Ceramics, Matthew Kangas 1992 St. Louis Post Dispatch, Robert Duffy 1988 Athens Ohio News, David Bruce 1986 St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Syndell Pollack
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