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description: 8 x 10 paperback, 34 pages
Deborah Bridges is a Northern California native residing in Grass Valley, CA. Deborah's art education began in a studio specializing in monumental scale bronze sculpture. She established a career in classical bronze figuration, then developed a line of garden sculpture that is currently being carried in galleries across the U.S. These days Deborah is creating thought provoking ceramic figurative sculpture, teaching advanced sculpture, and running a studio that includes three apprentices. Her work has won awards from the Off-Center International Ceramic Competition, The Utah Arts Festival and La Quinta Arts. Deborah is represented by Brumfield Gallery in Astoria, Oregon.
Statement:
Persona - a kind of mask designed to both hide behind and act in the world.
I once had an experience where my mind stopped for just awhile. In the quiet of no thought I saw the world and this life in a whole new way. Everything sparkled, everyone sparkled. My innocence along with everyone's innocence was astounding. When my mind stopped, the world and all its actors came forward like we were all playing our part on some grand stage, each doing their very best to be their own unique self, their persona.
Consciousness expresses itself through creation. The world we live in is the dance of the creator. Each person dancing their particular role.
Consciousness wears many masks and my characters are my imagination of these many personas.
2023 Shows
February 17 - April 16 "The Figure" Epperson Gallery, Crockett, CA
April 1 - May 28 "Persona" Brumfeld Gallery, Astoria, OR
April 19 - May The Pence Gallery, Davis, CA