"Yellow Striped 50’s Baby Dress" 2015

Personally powerful images of elegant finery, pop and fashion icons, European architecture and Baroque excess all compete for my attention. These images pervade my work through intricate patterns, rich textures, and layers of soft, sensuous forms. I transform seemingly simple objects into lush, sensual memories of childhood, status and youthful rebellion.

Using modern robotic techniques has allowed me to experiment with my images in a variety of ways. Elegant little girls’ dresses refashion into vibrant, patterned 3D prints, lounge chairs into laminated marble and silver, and high-end purses into accessible objects of beauty.

As a sculptor working primarily in stone for the last 40 years, it is my goal to bring traditional materials into the 21st century with contemporary subject matter and current techniques.

- Barbara