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Description

Sculpture and color have always seemed to be in opposition, a paradox for me. When my wide ranging art practice returned to carving and constructing small objects, the need for color, for saturated, complex color and surface descended upon me like an avalanche of need. I needed deep, rich color and texture with a sensuous touch. I wanted to provide not only a glorious visual experience, but also, the experience of touch. I want to share with gallery goers the artists experience of the joy of engagement with materials. Please touch! A tiny, delicate hand-held sculpture with changing aspects as you turn it in your hand. Hand carved.

sculpture: balsa foam, flashe paint.

[su_box title=”Susan Hensel” box_color=”#2a6bb0″] Susan Hensel is a multidisciplinary artist, with a 50+ year career, who combines a mixed media practice with embroidery across digital and manual platforms. Susan received her BFA from the University of Michigan in 1972 with a double major in painting and sculpture and a concentration in ceramics. With a history, to date, of over 200 exhibitions, more than 30 of them solo, twenty garnering awards. Above all, Hensel’s desire to communicate stories through art continues to be a powerful motivator. Hensel’s artwork is known and collected nationwide, represented in collecting libraries and museums. [/su_box]