Kay Henkel works as a full time artist out of her studio and gallery in Palm Springs, California. As a full time artist, she is known for her ability to project body language, depth, and great emotion in her work. She uses varied media, including clay, plaster, and bronze.
From her life-size pieces in plaster and fabric, worked over the model’s body, Kay has tackled a great assortment of sculptural problems and solved them beautifully. There is equal brilliance in all
phases of her work, from life size figures, to portraits of children.
The Artists one of a kind works are prized by private collectors throughout the world.
Kay taught sculpture for 15 years at The Village of the Arts in Palm Springs, CA. In 1975, Kay founded t he Sculptors Workshop in Edmonds, Washington, where her studio offered welding, clay, and pottery classes. In 1982, Kay spent four months in Deya, Spain on Majorca Island to establish a foundry to facilitate for her and her sculpture students for bronze castings.
Kay is an honored member of the National Sculpture Society and a top award winner for five consecutive years at the prestigious Palm Springs Desert Museum.
In November, 1988, Kay received a proclamationg from Cathedral City for her contribution, commitment and dedication to the Arts of Cathedral City, her
portraits of city council members and the mayor.
Kay has also made a highly succesful video How to Sculpt in Clay that has been sold in major video outlets in Los Angeles and Seattle.
Kay enjoys every minute of life. Her sense of humor permeates her creations and is more than evident in her work. Originally from the state of Washington and now working from her studio in Palm Springs, Kay has become known and collected throughout the world. Her nuance in sculpture, capturing just a hint of a smile or pause just before a frown, sets her apart. A stroll through her studio and gallery brings emotion to the surface without a word. Many of her works grace the homes of the elite, but it is her connection with the everyday that is her true genius.
“In sculpture I prefer to do figurative work. There are an endless number of possibilities showing the human spirit, each in different facets of emotion and passages of life.” -Kay Henkel
John Edward Svenson John Edward Svenson has created much of Southern California's public art. His work is seen in parks, hospitals, hotels, cities, malls, airports, schools, museums and churches. Many know his "Sun Dancer" bronze porpoise fountain at the Laguna Niguel Ritz-Carlton and "George Chaffey" at the Ontario International Airport. He sculpted five larger than life bronze busts for Claremont University and U.C.L.A., and has twice received the American Institute of Architecture Award for Excellence in Sculpture.
Exhibition Title: LIVING TREASURE (Nov. 2006)
The Square i Gallery owner, Walter, and I have worked together in the Art World since the early Eighties. We collaborated on one person and group shows at the Rex W. Wignall Museum Gallery at Chaffey College and with his first Gallery Trait in Ontario, California. It is my pleasure to join him again in this exhibition of Landscapes. We have chosen my ground to sky sculptural expressions to correlate with the "First Annual Plein Air Invitational" landscape paintings on display. Thanks also to curator Dennis Garcia whose Chrysalis Gallery in Upland, CA, showed my work in one and two person exhibitions, going back to the 70's!
Although these forms change with my building techniques (wheel thrown, slab
rolled, and stretched), the essence of recognition and its core of belief remain constant. Earth and Sky as translated by Mind and Spirit show varied connections. Geography and the Firmament play their mythical role.
The earliest works are high fired (Cones 10-12) in reduction, with similar high fire glazes. Several surfaces are enhanced and protected by acrylic washes. Wire, horsehair binding, epoxy cement, and silicone calk may be used within the larger constructs. The latter (after 2002) works are fired to "mid-range" porcelain and stoneware temperatures (Cones 5-7) with further glazing at lower temperatures (multi-firings) in oxidation. Fired luster is also added to several pieces.
You are invited to experience the visual forces of nature and life as my imagination and craftsmanship interpret them. Please look for struggle, aspiration, and resolution. I encourage you to recognize human and land associations in your unique way.
Andrée Mendenhall Mahoney, MA, MFA
Summer, 2007 Square I Gallery, Claremont, California
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Kay Henkel works as a full time artist out of her studio and gallery in Palm Springs, California. As a full time artist, she is known for her ability to project body language, depth, and great emotion in her work. She uses varied media, including clay, plaster, and bronze.
