"Superb Male Fruit Dove"
Low-fire bisque with watercolor & wax
Size: 23" x 18" x 18'

Lois Hennessey Biography
In my teaching I have always felt that compositional concepts are the necessary underpinnings of all 2 dimensional work as well as 3 dimensional forms and their relationships to the environment and surrounding space.
In 1989 I began a series of illustrated stories about mice. These tales are slightly autobiographical about an artist mouse and her very handy and stoic mate. It is a natural extension of my sculptures which want to become more and more literal and with which I am still involved.
I also divide my leisure time between a life-long love of cooking and sewing very large appliquéd quilts with low reliefs of food and critters.

Professional Activity and Honors
B.F.A. Illinois Wesleyan University, 1958

Group Shows Include:
Foundations USA National Traveling Show, 1998
"Drawing on Clay" Clay Works, Baltimore, MD, 1999
Maryland Art Place, 1995
Mirrors, Skulls and Fragments, 1996, Baltimore, MD
Baltimore Museum of Art, 1978
Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC, 1981
Elements Gallery, New York, NY, 1983

Collections Include:
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Meyerhoff, Baltimore, MD
Wedgwood Museum
Kohler Company Museum, Sheboygan, WI
Everton Ceramics Museum, Syracuse, NY, Purchase 2005

Works Reviewed In:
Ceramics Monthly
NECA Journal Publications

Clients Include:
Piper Marbury, LLD, Baltimore, MD
Nan Yarnaw, Baltimore, MD
Mr. and Mrs. Earle Shaw, Baltimore, MD

Grants Include:
Maryland State Arts Council, 1981
Ford Foundation, 1980
National Endowment for the Arts, 1979

Travel Includes:
Residence in Rome, Italy, 2 years
Galapagos
Quito, Ecuador
Peru
Alaska
Costa Rica