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Nancy Therese Kelly

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01598 710324

Artist's Profile

Born - Pahiatua, New Zealand,1939 n.Cotter
Studied Sculpture at Canterbury University, New Zealand -1959-63
Taught Art at Palmerston North Girls High School, New Zealand
Came to England 1966
Taught art in London
Married and moved to Devon 1967
Shared an antiques business and taught Art part time

Exhibited in Manawatu Art Gallery New Zealand
Commissioned to make 14 ceramic relief Stations of the Cross for St Mary's Church, Barnstaple 1985
Exhibiting member of Westward Ho and Bideford Art Society
Exhibiting member of North Devon Arts
Open Studios 2009 and 2010 at Mildmay, Brayford
Exhibiting Gallery 360, The Old Sawmills, Filleigh, 2010, 2011

Artist's Statement

I make individual sculptures in stoneware clay. Each figure is the result of a lifetime of people watching and sketching. Each sculpture develops without too many preconceived ideas - rather like a three dimensional doodle. Subjects tend to be domestic or romantic.