This is the third hand painted casting of Claudia with a Scarf. This work has won the First Honours Award in the American Portrait Society's International Portrait Competition in 2020. It won second place in the Wausau Museum International Portrait Biennale in 2021. She was accepted into the British Society of Portrait Sculptors exhibition in 2021. She was featured in Art Collector Magazine in 2021.
Artist statement_ Claudia is one of those people I was, compelled to sculpt. Like a medieval Madonna, her lovely large eyes, long straight nose, and oval face were very striking. She was about 18 when I made this work.
Happily, she agreed to sit for me when I approached her. Creating this portrait with her hair up off her neck, I then worked on the shoulders and chest until I achieved a pleasing composition. In creating portrait sculpture, it is astounding the sense of history one achieves. It is as if one traces genetic lineages down centuries.