Too often artists of tremendous talent and beauty are not recognized in their lifetimes. I’d like to help change that for at least one artist.
In this blog I’d like to introduce my faithful readers and friends to a Dutch artist of unique vision and broad talent, and who just happens to be someone who has become a close friend. Corinne van Bergen sculpts in glass, wire, bronze, elastic and combinations thereof. She also is darn good with paint and pencil, but it’s her sculpting that caught my attention and admiration.
The work pictured above, Solo Swimmer, part of a series of glass sculptures she has completed, and in my opinion, is the best thus far. The methods by which Corinne sculpted the… Read more...