Cyrano de Bear will be at the Historic Yellow Springs Art Show and Sale in Chester Springs, PA 19425 from April 26 - May 11, 2014. Cris and I will  have several other pieces there too.

Learn to create an Inuit-style animal, figurative, or abstract sculpture using only hand tools. Go from a block of stone to a finished sculpture in four three-hour sessions. Come prepared with an idea of what you would like to create. Wear working clothes and plan to get dusty! All stone and necessary tools will be provided.

 

My Spring class at the Taubman Museum begins April 3, Thursday nights from 5:30 to 8:30. Registration is open now. Visit the Taubman Museum School web site for more information.

 

Our 2014 Show Season starts in April. Visit my Shows page for the schedule.

1/10/2014

Reminder - Sculpture Classes at the
Brambleton Center

There is still space available in my Sculpture Class at the Brambleton Center. If you are interested please call (540) 772-7529 to register. The course code is 23781. Registration closes Monday, January 13.

For details please visit the Bramble Center web page and scroll down or search for "stone".

Sculpture Classes at the
Brambleton Center

I will be teaching at the Brambleton Center again, beginning January 15, 2014. We will meet Wednesday nights from 6 to 8 PM. Cost is $145.00 for six classes, plus the cost of stone at $2.50/lb.

For details please visit the Bramble Center web page and scroll down or search for "stone".
To register call (540) 772-7529. The course code is 23781.

For pictures of last Summer's class, visit my website, www.geerscreations.com.

25 years later

Yesterday is deep in my memory as is 25 years of sculpting days. I can remember the first sculpture made of stone. It was a ballet slipper that was taken home to dance with my sister. Then came the bears, and more bears. They are my friends and family, simple and exotic, made in all colors of stone, bronze, pewter, and this winter clay!

The bears have given me flow and movement in a solid medium. I can then transfer the knowledge to figures, cats, and other animals, and teach others to see what I see in stone.

Sculpting for all these years has never been dull. I wake thinking of what I can do today. Weather is all important since I work outside. One-third of all rock is debris - stone makes dust – so I choose the stone that I see bears or other objects in to work first, and then plan the rest.

I get my stone from Vancouver BC, Canada, from the supplier of stone for the Inuit carvers. It is a smorgasbord of stone, every size and color and price. Wow! Does my imagination soar with all the potential. I have been lucky not to have any slowdown in my imagination. Only my body parts have kept me from my passion of sculpting. I think, dream and work in stone, clay and pewter.

I hope to improve my latest adventure of sculpted clay. My angels are starting to fly a little.

25 years goes by so fast. I sure hope I have another 25 to go.

Gail Geer

April 2012

WVTF Art Show

Walking with Grandma will be on display at the WVTF juried show in July. Please stop by for the opening: Friday, July 16, 2010 5-9 p.m.

Arts Council of the Blue Ridge GAP award

I am pleased to be one of ten recipients of the Arts Council's Grants for Artists Program. I will use the award to study mold making. Plans call for an exhibit and talk at Gallery 108 my experience in June, 2011.

The Grants for Artists Program is supported by the Arts Council of the Blue Ridge, and by local individuals.