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Eight Sculptures Added to the Dementia Series

7/29/2025

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Lighting transforms 3D images. I spent the last 2 days photographing my work, adjusting the lights and the camera angles numerous times. The outcomes are posted below. Seeing the images will help me decide on new topics I should include to complete my dementia series. Loneliness and its effect on health are one. Fear of uncertainty is another. As dementia is now preventable with diligent efforts, I want to explore that issue as well. Can you think of any other stories I should add to the series?

The images below are posted in chronological order according to their creation dates. While making them, I pondered my career as an artist. Marketability should not be the deciding factor for what I create. Even though I am aware of it, I still struggle with it. I have to make a living after all. I thought of sculpting a life-size figure, but I decided to wait until an image itself speaks to me to do it. For now, I am settled with trying different colored clays. As they are groggy, they forced me to sculpt without fine details. It was like the clays had guided me to the right direction.

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Spread the Rejoice
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Bedroom Prison
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Bedroom Prison (detail)
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Self-Acceptance
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Walled Anger
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Lost (click this image to enlarge it)
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Lost (diagonal view)
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Her Essence
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Disembodied
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Living Fully
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Adding Joy, Confinement, and Anger

7/13/2025

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I am finishing up 3 more sculptures for the dementia series. I will add explanation to each piece later, but I will appreciate if you could kindly share your reactions to any of the recently uploaded work. Thanks a lot.
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Spread the Rejoice
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Bedroom Prison
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Angry at the world
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Ceramic Sculpture: SELF-ACCEPTANCE

7/7/2025

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I have started to work on my dementia series again. This piece reflects my quest: how can we live fully despite what life throws at us?
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Preview SMALL WORKS SHOW

7/4/2025

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Happy INTERdependence Day!

Three more "Prairie Dog Jars" and one more "Guardian of the Heart" were added to my inventory. They all will be taken to the "Small Works Show and Sale" held at the Green Ink Gallery in Nemo on June 19. The featured artists are Mark Zimmerman, Mary Wipf, Jim Stevens, Bonny Fleming, Amber Zora, and me. Come fill your heart with art and the beauty of the hills.
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