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Barbara Osmundsen

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Favorite Medium: sculpture
Statement: I find joy and inner piece pondering three-dimensional expression (sculpture in the round, assemblage, and wall sculpture). The intuitive revelation in the creative process of sculpting challenges the principal, the very Ã©lan vital.My sculptures in the round signify the tensions of life's uncertainties living on the edge, nanoseconds before motion, before it becomes something else. The works are poised, bracing the moment, reflecting the temporal. Although the sculptures have heavy top masses defying gravity, they are perfectly balanced and can stand without supports.I never cut down live trees to take wood for sculpture; all the woods are found or given. As wood grows, each tree has its own stresses, quiet periods, and spurts of growth that it brings to the sculpture. Trees can tell their own story by the characteristics in the texture, grain, and cracks. Wood is a living form; even a tree eaten by bugs, can be sculpted to tell its story of survival.As an art educator, I continue to be surprised and inspired by the students' self discoveries as the spirit of an art project unfolds and comes to life.
Bibliography: WHO'S. WHO IN AMERICA 54th Edition (New Jersey 2000) WHO'S WHO OF AMERICAN WOMEN 21st Edition (New Jersey 1999) MAQUETTE MAGAZINE November 1994 International Sculpture Center, Washington DC FOCUS Time Warner Television Communications, Melbourne, Florida 2001 WHO'S WHO IN THE WORLD 17th Edition (New Jersey 2000) ART IN AMERICA Annual Guide to Artists (New York 1995-1996) OXBRIDGE DIRECTORY OF NEWSLETTERS (New York 1995-1996) FLORIDA TODAY Newspaper Melbourne, Florida Various Articles and Reviews 1991 to Present
Birth City: Jacksonville, North Carolina

Contact

Indian Harbour Beach, Florida
United States
barbaraosmundsen@yahoo.com
Phone: (321) 536-8426
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Fax: (321) 536-8426

Professional

Awards: PARTIAL LISTING OF PERMANENT COLLECTIONS Brevard Museum of Art and Science Melbourne, Florida Brevard County School System Viera, Florida Wuesthoff Health Systems Foundation Rockledge, Florida City of Melbourne Public Schools Melbourne, Florida Count Roger de la Burge Collection of Contemporary Art Powhatan, Virginia Freedom 7 Community Center Cocoa Beach, Florida Cocoa Beach City School System Cocoa Beach, Florida Tidewater Industrial Components, Inc. Midlothian, Virginia
Teaching Experience: 2000-2003 Vero Beach Museum of Art Center for the Arts Drawing, Three-dimensional Design Vero Beach, Florida 2003 Very Special Arts Artist in Residence Program Brevard County, Florida 2002-2003 Very Special Arts Artist in Residence Program Indian River County, Florida 1990 9-2003 Brevard Cultural Alliance Viera, Florida 1998-2002 Three-dimensional Design, Handmade Paper Collage Brevard Museum Of Art and Science

Education

Grad Year: 1967

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