SCULPTURE

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     Evelyn Fredericks was born on the Hopi reservation in Arizona. She attended schools off -reservation and earned her BA at Arizona State University and her M.L.S. in Library Science from the University of Arizona. She has been an elementary school teacher, and a Fine Arts Librarian at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe. The most profound influences on her art were the traditional Hopi artisans whose work she observed as a child: weavers, carvers, and basket makers. Her aunt was the famous potter Elizabeth White. Evelyn began exhibiting her work in 1988 and has won too many awards since then to even mention. She is a kind and generous person whom I adore being with!
Evelyn's current works, are featured in the July 1999 issue of FOCUS/ SANTA FE. The article by Linda Shockley starts with this paragraph: "For Hopi sculptor Evelyn Fredericks, memories and dreams are as useful as chisels and grinders in creating images in Utah alabaster and Colroado marble. In fact, Fredericks likens her dreams to "blood memory" a kind of collective reflection of tribal mythology, family history, and visual memory that provide the heart and inspiration for her sculpture: stories carved in stone...." The entire article is wonderful and I highly recommend people getting ahold of it, if you have an interest in Evelyn's work.
     This is a beautiful carving out of Utah red alabaster by Evelyn. She has called it "Sunset Dreamer" - Please notice the beautiful face, the lovely expression, and the hair carved down the back.
     This very special white alabaster carving is called "The Harvest" The curves of the woman's body, and gentles curves of the pumpkin blend together beautifully. She is carrying a basket that can be filled with beans, or other dried legumes. What an elegant sculpture - particularly beautiful placed in front of a dark background.

#2798 - 16 1/2" high by 6" deep
SALE: $900 ORIGINAL PRICE: $1200 SOLD

     Roxanne Swentzell was born in 1962. This bio information is taken from the book, Pottery by American Women “She amazes audiences today with her extraordinarily large, complicated figures and provocative images. Recognized as one of the most inventive Indian potters, she is also one of the youngest. The same ideals that shape her pottery keep her active in a self sustaining environmental project at her pueblo.
     Roxanne is the daughter of Rina Naranjo Swentzell and the niece of Nora Naranjo-Morse. Rina, a well-known activist, has a doctoral degree in American studies and a master's degree in architecture. This interesting woman was taking her architecture courses when her daughter, Roxanne, was a little girl. Rina Swentzell has been a force in Anglo-Indian controversies ever since, and this activism has made an indelible impression on her family. Roxanne’s mother was a potter before she began her university studies, and Roxanne remembers making figures with her from the time she was very little.
     "My mom potted so the clay was right there where I saw it all the time. I had a speech impediment so I had to communicate in other ways, and I started making figures that would depict what I meant. I hated going to school so I made a clay figure of a little girl crying to explain how I felt. I made hundreds of these figures. They were tiny, but they got more elaborate as I was pinching them solid in the clay. In junior high school I began to hollow-build the clay figures because they got larger.
     "I would say I am still communicating with figures. I want to symbolize women, and my culture, and humanity. I am trying to say things to the world, and the response has been amazing! My pieces are crossing cultural and all kinds of boundaries. People from all over the world see things in my pieces. It has been very, very exciting to me, the ultimate communication."
     This new bronze is simply fantastic! Called “Dreaming of Sculptures to Make,” it is number 11 of a small edition of 12.

#SCULPT0623 - 25" long, 7 1/2" high, 10" wide
Price: $5000 SOLD

      A noted sculptor from Tesuque Pueblo, Mark combines various natural materials in his work. He uses limestone, marble, and alabaster, often decorating his pieces with parrot and turkey feathers. Mark's work can be seen on permanent display at the Wheelwright Museum in Santa Fe, the Institute of American Indian Art in Santa Fe, and the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC.
      This new sculpture is called "Springtime Chanter”. It is carved from white Vermont Marble. He then added Scarlet Macaw Large Tail Feathers, Green Amazon Parrot Feathers, and African Grey Red Tail Feathers. Mark decorated the piece using olive shells.

#SCU8438 - 28" high by 6" wide
"Springtime Chanter"
SALE: $1800 ORIGINAL PRICE: $3200