(posted by lindsay)
The best website with slides of her art is: http://www.lalouver.com/html/butterfield_bio.html
Like her, I tend to come across obsessive forms in my art. But I cant imagine being loyal to that object for decades! Even though there are hundreds of horses she has done, they never become boring. The materials she collects and uses are so creative. I know you guys can relate to the addiction of collecting...I remember walking down the street with Anna and we both glanced at a piece of twisty scrap metal and dove for it, knocking each other out of the way! Anyways there is something really intimate about what someone is drawn to . Her work reminds me to keep thinking like an artist even when I'm walking through an alley or down the beach:)
Joseph, 1988 Found steel, welded
85X84X64''
Verde,1990
found steel, welded
79X108X31''
Cat Creek, 2001
Casted Driftwood
28 1/2 x 34 x 15 in.
Her paints....
I need to buy a property this big. My room is busting out at the seams with the crap I collect! I like her idea!
Her pencils....
Her driftwood collection is a lot more impressive than mine. Its incredible that she makes the horse with driftwood and then they cast it in bronze! It looks so tricky. The patination blows my mind. Her casted pieces are beautiful!
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