Original artwork description:

This work has been included in Artfinder's 'New For February' 2023 collection!

This most recent edition of 'A Wise Woman Once Said...' is unique and made of Hydrocal, which is like casting plaster but 30% to 40% harder. It is lightweight and very durable allowing it to be a good alternative to bronze.

Here I have used a three-step patina in layers of acrylic paint in gold, burnt umber, and warm white with gold, to create a stone like finish in light taupe grey. The work is then waxed and buffed.

The bronze version of this sculpture along with two others was featured in American Art Collector Magazine in the December 2019 editorial Destination Canada

This sculpture reflects serenity and wisdom. A beautiful piece that invites touch, she can be displayed in a variety of angles (front, side, or back)

Classically trained as a figurative painter, I was inspired to create this piece directly from the model with full completion later in the studio.

This piece is signed on the bottom, please see the image

She may be affixed to a base if desired, however, I prefer her to stand alone as shown.

Thank you for your interest in my work!
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Joyce Fournier is a multidisciplinary painter and sculptor living and working in Toronto. Art is her true passion, and she has had an extensive art practice for more than 25 years consisting of Abstract Works, Landscapes, Figurative Works, and Bronze Sculpture.

While her current focus is Abstract Expressionist painting, Joyce also has a love for sculpting, painting and drawing the human form for which she was academically trained. She has been most influenced by the Abstract Expressionist movement of post-World War II America such as the works of Robert Motherwell, Franz Kline, and Hans Hofmann as well as the works of Joan Mitchell and Canadian artist, Jean Albert McEwen.

Joyce has exhibited her work in solo and group shows in several cities in North America, and Europe. (Montreal, Toronto, New York City, Miami, Baltimore, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, Amsterdam, Leipzig, Hamburg, Florence, Rome)

Featured on several occasions in American Art Collector magazine since 2009, her work is found in private collections in Canada, The United States, and Internationally.

Materials used:

hydrocal sculpture plaster, professional acrylic paint, wax

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