ONE
Reduction
by Shray

12" x 5" x 4.5" (approx)
Ed. 355  

Their presence taught me so much, the year they were in my studio. A challenge to keep their emotion, always as if they thought they were done before I did.  So, I put lots of clay back on, something I never do.

Six months later as the clouds turned pink, the air soft orange in my studio, I found myself pulling it all off to expose them again.  And there I was right back where I had started before.  Those faces still gazing out at me saying, “See, trust yourself,  your eye is still good.”  I made them after I lost someone dear to me - my mom.  They helped me rediscover myself as an artist.  I look to them now and see so much growth and strength in my style.

God, I’m lucky to be able to do something that is so much a part of me.  They, in their own confidence, in their love and beauty gave this back to me.