Renata Manesse Schwebel

Although my early training was along academic figurative lines, working primarily in clay, it was during my college days that I had the opportunity to work at the Mazzolini Art Foundry and so discover the joy of metal. Years later, I returned to this material, but instead of casting, it was direct; instead of bronze, it was stainless steel and aluminum; instead of figurative, abstract.

Yet I find it difficult, even impossible, to restrict myself to one medium or one way of expression for any great length of time. After weighty materials, I turn to light ones; after somberness, to humor. This is not a very fashionable thing to do, as others find it convenient to pigeonhole artists. But, alas, I work in steel and aluminum, clay, acrylic sheet and wood. I seem to work in cycles, always returning to metal, to basic shapes and juxtaposition. But in between, faces and figures do creep in, and they are always welcome.

 

Alfresco

Night Vectors

Wedge Formation

Like Wild Baby

Ground Piece