Bobbe Gentry
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About the Artist Since the day I discovered that I could take a sack of clay and make something wonderful, my challenge has been to give my sculpture a sense of spirit and emotion in the figure rather than simply render the form anatomically correct. For me, the figure is a constant source of inspiration, not only for its natural beauty, but for the endless shapes and compositions that can be created in a three-dimensional sculpture by using the figure as a subject. Born in Houston, Bobbe Gentry was an artist by age four, making figures from the remains of Mom's pie dough. Originally a painter, Gentry studied art at several universities, including Sam Houston State, University of Connecticut and briefly at Southern Methodist University at Dallas. However, as a sculptor, she is primarily self-taught, although she took several workshops under artists such as Fritz White and Lincoln Fox. Gentry has been sculpting for 25 years and shows her work in Texas and the Carolinas.
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