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Tucker Bailey
SAA, AFC, AWA
Sculptures - Equestrian and Wildlife, Paintings |
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Tucker Bailey's sculptures and paintings are strongly influenced by her life experiences. She was born in northern Minnesota and spent her early years along the ruggedly beautiful shores of Lake Superior. It was there she developed a deep love of nature and animals. She also became an equestrian at an early age and horses continue to be a large part of her life.
"From the first time I saw bronze sculpture as a young girl, at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, I've been totally captivated by the reality of three dimensional sculptures. Sculpture is a medium that changes with a changing point of view. The surface of bronze has a reflective quality and the angle of light dramatically changes perception.
In my work, I try to bring more to my sculptures than just surface anatomy. I think of the work I do as a portrait of each animal. I try to bring out its personality - making the space at once internal and external."
Tucker had her first bronze cast in 1989, and at that time she took a job working at the foundry. For two years she studied and learned the art of casting a bronze from the mold-making to the application of the patina. "What a wonderful hands-on learning experience to have worked at a foundry. I continue to do my own molds and carefully hand-finish each wax before casting. I am also involved in the finishing touches of the metal, including the patina application."
Tucker has devoted her life to the study of animals and art, and has studied with sculptor John Paul Harris and painters Sally Strand, Heiner Hertling, Valerie Hinz, and Guan Weixing, who is China's premiere watercolorist. Weixing has had three shows in America, and two were held at the Ambleside Gallery in Greensboro, NC, and Tucker's bronzes were shown alongside his paintings. She has an extensive collection of books on art and visits art museums and Brookgreen (sculpture) Gardens as often as possible. She and her husband were granted the privilege of getting married (1996) at Brookgreen Gardens because she won the Anna Hyatt Huntington Bronze Medal from the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club in NYC in 1993.
Tucker's work is found in private and corporate collections across North America and abroad, including many bronzes at the North Carolina Zoological Park. She has been featured in a segment on NPR radio, called Voices and Viewpoints in 2006, and an article in the Winston-Salem Monthly magazine (Tucker's Bailiwick) in 2007. Her work has been featured in Polo Player's Edition magazine's Annual Sporting Art issue in 1999, 2000,2002,2004 and 2006.
Her work has won many awards at shows, including American Artists Professional League, Allied Artists of America, The Pen and Brush, Inc., The Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, the AWARD OF EXCELLENCE Medal from the Society of Animal Artists at the Annual in 2007and most recently the Award of Recognition from the American Women Artists in 2101. Her work has been included in touring Museum shows with the SAA in 2000-2001, 2001-2002, and 2007-2008, and a special exhibit at National Geographic. Eleven of her sculptures are included in the touring show, Art of The Rainforest (November 2005-May 2008)
Other prestigious shows her work has been included in are the National Sculpture Society in NYC, Art of the Animal Kingdom in Bennington, VT, American Academy of Equine Artists, Audubon Artists, Hudson Valley Art Association and the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition.
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Special Achievements:
- 2012 - Signature Member of the American Women Artists
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After having my sculpture accepted in three shows, (2009 - Clouded Leopard, 2010- Ira's Horse [won the Award of Recognition], 2012 - won the Leonard J. Meiselman Award) I was eligible to apply for Signature membership in the AWA and was accepted.
- 2011 - The Leonard J. Meiselman Award for Realistic Sculpture done in an academic way
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From the American Women Artists at their annual juried show, held this year at the Gallery in Atlanta, Georgia
- 2010 - Award of Recognition - three dimensional
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From the American Women Artists at their annual show - held this year at Soutwest Art Gallery in Dallas Texas. Won a monetary award and web hosting from Fine Art Studio
- 2008 - Society of Animal Artists Art and The Animal National Museum Tour
Society of Animal Artists National Museum Tour - select pieces chosen from the Annual Exhibit , also selected to be part of the tour in 2001-2002 and 2000- 2001
- 2007 - Award of Excellence medal
The Society of Animal Artists
It was my sculpture, Luna, that received this award and was also chosen for the museum tour.
- 2004 - Josephine B Sandor Memorial Award
The Pen and Brush, Inc. Annual Sculpture and Medallic Art Exhibition, NYC
- 2002 - Katherine Thayer Hobson Memorial Award
The Pen and Brush, Inc. Annual Sculpture and Medallic Art Exhibition
- 2002 - National Geographic special exhibiiton - touring SAA Exhibition
Special exhibit at National Geographic in Washington, DC of the Art of the Animal touring exhibit from the SAA of the year 2000-2001.
- 2001 - The Charlotte Dunwiddie Memorial Award
The Pen and Brush, Inc. Annual Sculpture and Medallic Art Exhibition
- 1997 - Phillip Isenberg Award
Allied Artists of America, National Arts Club, NYC
- 1994 - Claude Parsons Memorial Award
The American Artists Professional League, Salmagundi Club, NYC
- 1993 - Anna Hyatt Huntington Bronze Medal
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The Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, National Arts Club, NYC
Publications:
- Winston-Salem Monthly (2007)
More about Winston-Salem Monthly
Article in the november issue STEPINSIDE column, titled, "Tucker's Bailiwick" - lifestyles
Author: Coy Archer
Published by: Michael Miller
Organization Membership:
- 1997 - Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club
http://www.clwac.org
Artist Member
- 1996 - Society of Animal Artists,
Signature Member
The Society of Animal Artists was founded in 1960 and is devoted to promoting excellence in the portrayal of the creatures sharing our planet, and to educate the public through the Society's informative seminars, lectures and teaching demonstrations. The society membership consists of animal and wildlife painters and sculptors from the United States, Canada, Europe, Africa and Australia.
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