Send in the Clowns

Description

The life of an artist is one of experimentation.

There is this thing about clowns…They make us laugh…and they frighten us. It’s a seesaw between hilarity and terror.  And then there is the Stephen Sondheim song..asking plaintively,”Where are the clowns?  Send in the clowns.”

I was experimenting with new forms and colorways, seeking a certain effervescence.  And I suppose I achieved  that, but I kept hearing the Stephen Sondheim song in my head.

31″h x 11″ w x 3″d, ready to hang

Sculpture: Fabric on Soft (Yarn, Cotton, Fabric), Wood.

[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]