Lindley Briggs
Sculptor

updated 06.25.08

Medium:
Bronze, clay, plaster, resin, epoxy or Bronze and mixed media

Subject:
Whimsical winged creatures and nudes

Style:
Stylized Realism, Contemporary

Inspirations:
The beauty of natural forms -  shells, stones, branches, wings and the fanciful imagery from classical mythology.
Artists: At the moment - Rene Magritte and Paul Manship

Notable Exhibitions:
Art Miami 2007

Memberships/Societies
Ogunquit Art Association (juried membership)
New England Sculptors Association
(juried membership)

Education:
1967 B.F.A. Connecticut College,
New London, CT
1967-1969 Museum School of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1968 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
2003 - 2007 continuing work from models
at Sanctuary Arts, South Elliot, ME

Artist Statement:
The boundaries between fantasy, reality and surreality are not necessarily firm. She loves to explore and manipulate these boundaries. Her creatures are seldom purely realistic. They are whimsical, anthropomorphic and capricious. Each sculpture has a presence of its own. The pieces have an air of gentle surreality as well as an ethereal dreamlike serenity.

Biography:
Lindley Briggs received her B.A from Connecticut College , New London Connecticut in 1967. She studied sculpture at the Boston Museum School of Fine Arts and The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture from 1967 through 1969. Over the past five years she has both taken and taught courses at Sanctuary Arts in South Elliot Maine. There she has returned to working on clay portrait sculptures with live models as reference in order to gather some reality data to add to the mythical creatures she creates in her studio.

Over the past 35 years, she has had numerous shows featuring her sculptures, drawings, collages and prints. Her work has been featured in national publications ---- YANKEE MAGAZINE, FINE WOODWORKING, THE NEW YORK TIMES, ART BUSINESS NEWS and THE BOSTON GLOBE. Her current collection of bronze sculptures in represented in six galleries.

Recently she has written about her current collection of bronzes: "The boundaries between fantasy, reality and surreality are not necessarily firm. I love to explore and manipulate these boundaries. For years I have created fantastic winged, feathered and finned creatures in both two and three dimensions. My creatures are seldom purely realistic. They are whimsical, anthropomorphic and capricious. They fly, swim or otherwise waft through their environments. They are inspired by my lifelong fascination with the beauty of natural forms-shells, stones, branches, wings and the fanciful imagery from Classical Greek and Roman mythology-winged, dancing
and otherwise dynamic deities."