Sarah Abel DeLuca |
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About the Artist |
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Found Object Assemblages: A New Venture |
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I've always been interested in found object art, and was a sculpture minor in college and graduate school; but for decades I've concentrated mostly on two-dimensional work, and since 2007 my studio time has been devoted almost exclusively to commissioned painting. A few years ago I began teaching found object art workshops, which started me "collecting" again. I quickly amassed a heap of materials for imagined future 2-D and 3-D abstractions. Then the 2020 shutdown happened and life took a decidedly unexpected, spontaneity-killing turn. But when two painful health setbacks the following year made it difficult to manage the sustained focus, intense concentration, and long hours required for detailed paintings, I finally started putting together the objects I'd scavenged. To my surprise, instead of the elegant abstractions that I used to assemble, I found myself making whimsical figures, conceptual pieces, and jewelry (really wearable mini-sculptures, too small and flat to be displayed on the wall or on a surface). One thing led to another, and I even ended up pulling out some of the lovely stones and shells that I'd picked up in Italy and on the Eastern Shore a couple decades ago, and making more conventionally beautiful jewelry out of them. To say that this outpouring of creativity (80+ pieces completed in less than 5 months) is inspired is not, I think, an exaggeration. I'm too seasoned and truthful an artist to treat the concept of inspiration lightly, and there's no question that the ideas for these pieces came from someplace distinctly outside myself, and poured in almost faster than I could execute them. For a while there, it seemed as if every thought I had was the basis for a new work, and every object I found was meant for a specific purpose. I hope you enjoy looking at these pieces as much as I enjoyed making them! My health is restored and I am back to painting again, the "found object" fever having abated a bit. But I will be forever grateful for this recent episode of inspired and prodigious output. No sane artist would spurn such a gift. |
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All text and images on this site are copyrighted by Sarah Abel DeLuca and may not be used without express written permission of Sarah Abel DeLuca |
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