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This approach has proven successful, with Serena’s sculptures shown
in nationally known exhibitions and galleries across the United States and
Canada. She has won more than 70 awards and honors during her career.
In the last 昀椀ve years alone, she has won more than 20 prestigious awards from
the American Artists Professional League, Allied Artists of America, the
Salmagundi Club, the Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Club, the Academic Artist
Association, and Mystic Museum of Art, to name a few. The artist is also a
member of the American Society of Marine Artists, Allied Artists of America,
American Artists Professional League, and the Salmagundi Club.
Miss Independence
“Survivor,” winner of the Environmental Statement
Award, presented in 2019 at the Artists for Conservation’s
International Juried Exhibition in Vancouver, is a wonderful
case. The ceramic work cracked in the heat of being pit-昀椀red.
Serena recalled a Japanese approach of 昀椀lling cracks with
gold and used that method, making the harbor seal look
scarred from being
caught in a 昀椀shing net.
Wabi Sabi, indeed.
Shoo Fly
Continuum, Rose Alabaster, 14H x 10W x 8D
This needs a title
Charles M. Royce
Survivor, Ceramic,10x24
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