17" X 10" X 28" Resin sculpture

At first glance this pollywog appears to be ordinary except for it's size.  Upon further inspection there is something not quite right about it ... maybe the dolls arms where there should be fins.  Gabryl has created her pollywog with her typical sense of humor., perhaps referencing all our origins.

Belinda Gabryl graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a MFA in ceramics and a minor in Meso-American art history. For the next five years she was head of the three-dimensional design department at Brookhaven College in Dallas, Texas. She moved to New York for two years and then settled in Providence in 1984 where she established a ceramics production studio and taught college art on a part time basis.  In 1998 she discontinued her production lines to concentrate on ceramic sculpture and unique clay designs. In addition to her studio work, she currently teaches at Eastern Connecticut State University.