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nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp THE VINTAGE WOMAN The Difference Between a good artist And a great one Is The Novice Will often lay down her tool Or brush Then pick up an invisible club On the mind s table And helplessly smash the easels and Jade Whereas the vintage woman No longer hurts herself or anyone And keeps on Sculpting Light From the Penguin publication The Gift Poems by Hafiz copyright 1999 Daniel Ladinsky and used by his permission nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp ABOUT THE ARTIST Connie Butler is a Humboldt County California figurative sculptor working in bronze sculpture stone sculpture wood sculpture plaster sculpture and clay sculpture Like the older wiser snake finally getting the hang of shedding old patterns to release new forms Now that I have reached the younger aspect of my old age I realize that all my life I have known that matter is imbued with spirit It makes no difference what we call this energy God The Implicate Order or Friend A holy invisible web underlies our material existence For me the process of creation is the concentration of my attention on wood stone or clay When I first began I trembled with respect and honor for the material Now I wait until a conversation between my mind and the material begins It is a dialogue The work is a compromise between the original image and the resistance of the wood to take shape How do I know when to begin When a force is kindled in my heart When do I stop work When there is a quiet sense of completion Connie Butler nbsp HOME 8226 ARTIST BIO 8226 FEATURED SCULPTURES 8226 PRIVATE COLLECTORS 8226 SCULPTURE GALLERY 8226 BRONZE SCULPTURES 8226 STONE SCULPTURES 8226 PLASTER SCULPTURES WOOD SCULPTURES 8226 CLAY SCULPTURES 8226 INFLUENCES 8226 CONTACT 8226 SITE MAP nbsp Copyright 2008 CONNIEBUTLER SCULPTURES All Rights Reserved nbsp nbsp 8226 nbsp nbsp P O BOX 614 nbsp nbsp 8226 nbsp nbsp TRINIDAD CA 95570 nbsp nbsp 8226 nbsp nbsp PHONE 707 677 1687