Connie lives with her family in an old farm house filled with antiques and art projects in
various stages of completion. She has always been involved in one way or the other with art
and antiques. Dealing in antiques has given her a great appreciation of folk artists and their
work.
Her most recent involvement is working with papier-mache. She hand sculpts her pieces
(usually from sketches she has drawn) using recycled materials she can fine as the base on
which she shapes and refines the papier-mache. It is a time consuming process that requires
patience which she admits she doesn't always have. "Painting the pieces is the most fun for
her. However the drying time for the papier-mache is slow. "You must be sure the piece is
completely dry before putting paint on it", she explains. Her pieces lean toward the quirky,
humorous side. She has scuplted Santas, snowmen, angels, rabbits, and other wildlife, but
her favorites are her halloween pieces. "I have always loved halloween", she says. It's fun to
be a little scared." Her halloween creations are scary, but with a genuine folk art spirit.
Connie also like to draw and paint and hopes to find the time to add original drawings to her
repertoire. Balancing family, art, and antiques is a challenge, but it's all what she loves to do
at its best!
