| Jaye Lawrence | ||
| Birth Date: 1939 |
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Artist Gallery |
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| Jaye Lawrence was born in 1939 and received her BFA from the University of Arizona. She then went on to earn her MFA from Arizona State University. Most of her pieces represent the human figure and are made of painted sticks and branches. Lawrence explains her work:
"There are purposely no clues as to a culture, society, or period of time (in my work) because I don't want to limit the viewer's imagination. The viewer is free to bring his or her own thinking and references to the pieces.
I am interested in the interaction and meaning of the basics… humanity and the earth. These sculptures are fragmented allusions to both the figurative and its environment. The landscape imagery emerges from the body.
Fragments of the human figure merge with the linear structure as air, light, and earth. I feel there is more of an impact by fragmenting the figure, imitating life, which is constantly moving and shifting. A fragment is visually on the move since one's mind is always in the process of filling in the voids. I prefer to use primitive direct techniques that do not hide the identity of the materials I use."
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