Margaret Keelan

Portrait of Straw and Fire, 2001

13 x 6 x 8

Margaret Keelan earned her MFA in 1976 from University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah in Ceramic Sculpture and her BA in 1970 from the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada. She has received many awards from the Canadian craft community, been in dozens of exhibitions over the years, and is currently the Associate Director of Sculpture San Francisco, CA, Academy of Art University.

She says about her work, "for the past few years my sculptures have been glazed, stained, fired, then glazed, stained and fired again to give the surfaces the look of disintegrating paint over weathered wood. This softening and reduction of form so that its essential nature is revealed is a metaphor I am using for life being lived, my exploration of the process of growing up and growing older. These latest small sculptures recall the "Santos" figures of Mexico and Central America and incorporate a reproduced 19th century doll head. Although my figures echo contemporary concerns, the borrowing of earlier styles gives them more of an ageless quality. Linda Gastrom, Professor of Art, states, "The subject conveys a sweet sentimentality twisted into melancholy that touches my emotional core and helps me remember the complexities of childhood and life."

Donated by the family of William (Bill) Dailey

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