Bonnie Brushwood Works

Bonnie Brushwood 

My ceramic work appears incredibly fragile.  It is thin and reaching like flowers in the field.  I handbuild each piece slowly over the course of weeks, monitoring the dampness so that I can build it higher, but not so high that the clay folds in on itself.  Like nature, I use the golden ratio to determine form. What appears to be an object caught in a single fragile moment, is actually an object built of many, many fragile moments.

My primary focus is ceramic sculpture.  The time I’ve spent exploring oil, acrylic, pen and ink, calligraphy, soft sculpture, poetry, performance art, and podcasting informs my work in this discipline.

In ceramics, I am inspired by Lucie Rie and Hans Coper. Christo and Jeanne - Claude inspire through their community based aspect of the creative impulse.  Abstract influencers include Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Picasso, and Georgia O’Keefe. To create potent art through the distillation of both the visual and emotional components of a subject is a life goal.

I earned my BFA at Texas State University. I toured all over Texas with an illusionist, then all over the country with a fire eater.  My serious side makes ceramics. My ridiculous side makes comedy. I tour my ceramics. I guest on billboard number one comedy albums.  Check out my hit single, “The Most Expensive Guacamole” where ever you listen to music.