Four years ago, before Roxanne and I were married, I began to dream of having a retrospective of Roxanne's work. I had seen some of her early sculptures in magazines but the idea took hold the night I first had dinner at Roxanne's parents home in Santa Fe.
Her art could be seen in almost every room, posters for the Santa Fe Opera that were commissioned when she was 10, a figure carved in limestone, even her dog made in clay when she was three.
Roxanne's genius is her ability to portray rich emotional expression in her sculptures; but what struck me that night was that she has created a three dimensional autobiography. What I was seeing was the history of Roxanne's life as it is written on the faces of her sculptures.
Questions came to mind. Does she ever regret revealing so much of her inner life? How has her technical skill evolved? What I wanted was a slide show with Roxanne telling the story of each piece within the context of her life at that time.
Last of all we would love to have you visit at the Roxanne Tower Gallery, were open every day except Sunday! .
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