Sitting Woman Dancer ; Norma Penchansky-Glasser

Norma Penchansky-Glasser

"Watching dance has been a continual inspiration for me in my exploration of the gestural quality of a moment in the movement of the human figure. The subtle variations in position and movement that the figure in dance finds in rehearsal and performance have inspired me to want to freeze a moment, capture the stress, strain, and relaxation. These transitory moments are what I strive to realize in my sculpture and drawings".

~Norma Penchansky-Glasser

The aim of Norma Penchansky-Glasser in making sculpture, drawings, and artist’s books is to capture motion, to freeze a moment in time. The works she produces seem to be continually conversing and overlapping.

Norma starts with an idea, then collects images and information, and finally realizes the completed work. The drawings are inspired by the line, gesture, and movement of figures in motion. She draws with watercolor crayon and washes on watercolor paper. She constructs books by mono-printing the paper, and choosing and collaging images depicting the message she wishes to convey in a format that allows a sense of kinetic energy. The sculptures, also inspired by the figure in motion, are first sculpted in water base clay and using the lost wax process cast in bronze.