Miller and Andrade

Candace Miller

Right, "Bix, the Human Cannonball", mixed media sculpture.

"In the studio, I make things, daydream, sketch, and read. Usually I'm working on a number of pieces at once. It's good to put a piece aside for awhile, then come back to it later with fresh eyes. That way I can see it more clearly and have a better chance of not missing any opportunities.

All my work has a face. I sculpt the head, face, and other body parts of clay. To make the figures, I use driftwood , recycled chair legs, other found wood and metal parts to shape with hand tools. My goal is to create a piece where each part is essential to the whole."

Virginia Andrade

Right, "Eve's Apples", mixed media painting.

Virginia Andrade is a mature artist whose connection to abstract expressionism has evolved into her current body of work. Recently Andrade's form has taken a new direction with the introduction of powdered pigment hand rubbed into and mixed with gouache as her medium. "Disposition of Age" is the quest for a new reality. It is the artist's journey into aging and it is her intention to share the experience. The pieces reflect the imprinting of age and time rubbing against the elements and we are drawn into the surfaces. We experience a new sensitivity to aging as we sense our individual response to some unknown connection to the past.