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Carla has been sculpting in bronze for many years. She has also had a successful career in watercolor. After attending Montana State University, she managed a gallery dedicated to "western" art. While there, Carla had the wonderful opportunity to meet important artists and collectors which forever changed her life. Later, she was asked to help out at a local bronze foundry, giving her an immeasurable amount of experience. This hands on education resulted in a productiveand creative career in the arts.
Born in San Francisco, Carla returned as a very young child with her parents, to their home in Montana. Here she grew up surrounded by the beauty and grandeur of Glacier National Park and the lakes and forests of the northwest. She spent many early years fishing, swimming, and hiking in these places and raising and training horses for 4-H projects. It was a wonderful childhood and shaped her creativity and fondness for wildlife and the people she has met.
Later, wanting to get away from the long, cold winters of Montana, she and her husband decided to try life in Hawaii. Besides being a drastic change in living, the art world was bright and sunny, too. Becoming a certified SCUBA diver while still in Montana, on Maui Carla began to study the ocean creatures for a series of bronzes. Diving gave her a chance to be "up close and personal" with her subjects.
Several years later, they moved to California to the Bay Area. She attended San Jose State University receiving a degree in Studio Art. She also studied graphic design and AutoCAD .
Carla has created several larger works in bronze such as the 17 foot tall "Mountain Majesty"- this bronze depicts 2 life-size bald eagles in flight , located at Glacier Park International Airport in Kalispell, Montana, a similar commission in Eagle River, Alaska for the Ernest Gruening Junior High, The Flute Player, a life size little girl sitting on a rock in the pond playing a little tin whistle for the Milpitas (CA) City Hall, and a large mantel piece of 3 leaping dolphins for a new home in Half Moon Bay, CA. One of a kind projects are very much welcomed. Garden and fountains can be created too, for your specific sites and designs such as your children or pets. Any of the bronzes can be enlarged for special places, especially offices and buildings, either indoors or outdoors.
Listings in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the West are two of several honors Carla is proud of. She has received Bests of Show in competitions and her work can be found in private collections and even in a university library. She is a member of Woman Artists of the West and regularly donates pieces to certain wildlife groups. She continues to create beautiful works of art and welcomes ideas.
