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 wILD thING, 2009 CERAMIC, WOOD, STONE, METAL 92X90X96 IN. /23X22X24 M. «
kathY ruttenBerg  SuBMISSION, 2008 CERAMIC, CLOTH 46X35X30 IN. /116X86X76 CM.
 LILLIPutIAN LADY, 2009 CERAMIC, METAL 20X17X14 IN. /50X43X35 CM.
Lives and works in Mount Tremper NY and New York City, USA

THE ARTIST ONLINE www.kathyruttenberg.com

My work is an expression of inner landscapes fueled by a need to in an attempt to excavate these deep emotions. Between clay and
understand, explore and excavate. The subject matter is personal and watercolor paint I journey many places, not all of them profound but
universal as I strive to find the humanity in the absurd, and search I would not know this unless I had been there.
to express the elements of profound emotional states that twist us glazing can be a journey to the unknown, which often ends with an
inside and often put us in unpredictable situations. element of the unexpected and the unintentional. This, too, is very
The tools for my work are fire, earth and emotions; this mix makes much part of the process of finding new ways of seeing.
an interesting cocktail of allegory and symbolism with an odd twist I intend also for my work to play with the space of time, some things
of nature. In my world where the wind blows with intensity, animals are definitive and some things are the here and now, both equally
and humans often share the moment depicted. The process of clay important to the sensations of life. We live now, prepare for tomorrow
is very fulfilling to me as it gratifies the need to explore and search and hope things last forever.

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