LEA CUNDY GALLERY
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Lea
Cundy originally began painting in acrylics, but has used oils and watercolor. “Working
with clay is what I love the most, however. Lea’s fascination with clay began
with instruction from Max Butler. “Hand
painted pottery is what I am emphasizing now in my studio. One of my favorite
projects is creating murals using multiple hand-painted tiles. I have also been
doing dinnerware, pitchers, bowls and large platters. I can hand form a shape or I keep a variety of shapes in imported
bisque.” “Though
I have been practicing some form or artistic endeavor most of my life, I really became serious about art as a profession in 1992 or so, when we moved to Texas. Being
artistic runs in my family. My grandmother was a self-taught artist and she introduced
me to painting when I was a little girl.
My daughter and son are both very creative.” Growing
up on a farm in up-state New York, Lea explains she was always around animals. “I
always had at least one horse. Every year I waited for the wildflowers to bloom and I would ride up on the hill to pick them.
Today we have three dogs. Being
associated with farm life and the country has probably influenced my artistic style.
I love wildflowers, and my style lends itself to a “folk art” or
“primitive motif”. Lea
and her family live in Bastrop. Her husband, David, is in construction. Her adult daughter, Sarah, is also an artist.
Her son, Marcus, age 14, creates jewelry and, as Lea says, “Is another
work in progress”. Lea and David are also foster parents of teen girls. "This leaves little time for pottery" she
says. Examples of Lea’s work can be found in the
Bastrop Fine Arts Guild, the Lost Pines Hyatt Regency Resort McDade Gift Shop and
at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower center in Austin. |
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