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Sculpture by Nancy Maynard

Artist's Statement

All of Nancy's works are one-of-a-kind, original handcrafted metal sculptures. Graceful birds and fish are captured in life-like three-dimensional action with detailed hand-cut feathers and molded scales in a unique coloring technique that Nancy Lynn Maynard has developed to create her beloved nature in realism. Nancy brings over 30 years experience to her artwork and is an accomplished fine metal sculptor.

Bird Sculptures: Nancy's first choice is creating birds, since the medium lends itself so beautifully to the feathers. She cuts and shapes each feather individually, according to the type of bird she has chosen, and then she assembles the individual feathers to make a complete wing, back and tail. Often, she visits rescue birds to study them carefully as she creates her sculpture, which adds to the life-like poses. Her subjects have included eagles, owls, hawks and falcons, including one falcon with a 44-inch wingspan and a full life-sized vulture.

Fish Sculptures: Nancy's commercial commissioned sculptures include awe-inspiring giant undersea murals spanning more than 54 feet in length and reaching up to 14 feet in height, with life-size three-dimensional sea turtles and fish swimming about in the undersea world. Some of her smaller sculptures feature a realistic catfish and a school of fish swimming among the seaweed on a coral base.

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Resumé

Nancy lived and worked for years in Florida, Tennessee, and Arizona, each time incorporating the local nature into her artwork. She has worked with numerous interior designers including Sandy Hall of St. Petersburg, Florida; the Colonnade, Clearwater, Florida; Town House Furniture, Knoxville, Tennessee; and Mary Klinger, ASID interior designer, El Paso, Texas. Her work as also appeared in the "House Beautiful" magazine in the Simpatico show home. Nancy's art has been appreciated by a growing number of collectors for years, including Mr. August Bush, III.

She has won Honorable Mention Awards for her Pelican at Ellen Noel Art Museum and for the metal sculpture of the National Welding Emblem in the Metal Arts show in Odessa, TX.

She now resides and creates her sculptures in Cedar Park, Texas.

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Also, please visit Nancy's Web site: www.maynardgalleries.com

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