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Sherry Owens, Grandfather's Land, 2021

Sherry Owens

Grandfather's Land, 2021

bronze, patina, crepe myrtle, paint, wax

30h x 46w x 18d in

SO058

Sherry Owens, Reawakening the Spirit, 2019

Sherry Owens

Reawakening the Spirit, 2019

crepe myrtle, steel, milk paint, dye, oil, wax

108.50h x 36w x 31d in

SO042

Sherry Owens, Guardians, 2019

Sherry Owens

Guardians, 2019

crepe myrtle, baling wire, dye, wax

Left: 90.25h x 26.875w x 16.25d inches
Right: 91h x 26.125w x 16d inches

SO036

Sherry Owens, Drinking in the Moonlight, 2019

Sherry Owens

Drinking in the Moonlight, 2019

crepe myrtle, milk paint, wax

18.75h x 9.50w x 8.75d in

SO059

Sherry Owens, Drought, 2010

Sherry Owens

Drought, 2010

bronze (unique), patina

54.50h x 81.50w x 46d in

SO026

Sherry Owens, Waterhole, 2017

Sherry Owens

Waterhole, 2017

crepe myrtle, dye, wax

24h x 36w x 36d in

SO006

Sherry Owens, Almost a Symphony, 2019

Sherry Owens

Almost a Symphony, 2019

bronze (unique), patina, brass nails, paint

20.75h x 13.25w x 11.75d in

SO043

Sherry Owens, Queen of the Night, 2019

Sherry Owens

Queen of the Night, 2019

bronze (unique), patina

8h x 19w x 11.50d in

SO046

Sherry Owens, Widows and Maidens 3, 2019

Sherry Owens

Widows and Maidens 3, 2019

bronze, patina, crepe myrtle, dye, milk paint, wax

12h x 8.38w x 10d in

SO052

Sherry Owens, Widows and Maidens 4, 2019

Sherry Owens

Widows and Maidens 4, 2019

bronze, patina, crepe myrtle, dye, milk paint, wax

9.13h x 14.75w x 11.75d in

SO053

Sherry Owens, Widows and Maidens 5, 2019

Sherry Owens

Widows and Maidens 5, 2019

bronze, patina, crepe myrtle, dye, milk paint, wax

9.25h x 14.25w x 9d in

SO054

Sherry Owens, Widows and Maidens 6, 2019

Sherry Owens

Widows and Maidens 6, 2019

bronze, patina, crepe myrtle, dye, milk paint, wax

11h x 14.75w x 11.25d in

SO055

Sherry Owens, An Ocean Between Us, 2008

Sherry Owens

An Ocean Between Us, 2008

crepe myrtle, dye, wax, steel, paint

113.50h x 129w x 27d in

SO020

Sherry Owens, Every Breath You Take, 2009

Sherry Owens

Every Breath You Take, 2009

crepe myrtle, steel, wood, mixed fibers, corn soda ceramic, paint, thread

146h x 93w x 104d in

SO027

Sherry Owens, Mapping the Presence of Water on the Moon, 2017 - 2021

Sherry Owens

Mapping the Presence of Water on the Moon, 2017 - 2021

crepe myrtle, paint, marble dust, marble chips, sand, pebbles

dimensions variable

SO028

Sherry Owens, Towards Evening, 2017

Sherry Owens

Towards Evening, 2017

drypoint, chine collé

5.50h x 7w in

Framed: 21h x 17w in

3/7

SO039

Sherry Owens, Beneath the Frost 4, 2017

Sherry Owens

Beneath the Frost 4, 2017

ink transfer (unique) and graphite on maple

36h x 36w in

SO040

Sherry Owens, Tree at the Villa, 2017

Sherry Owens

Tree at the Villa, 2017

drypoint, chine collé

14.75h x 10w in

Framed: 23.50h x 18.75w in

3/7

SO037

Sherry Owens, Mantle, 2000

Sherry Owens

Mantle, 2000

soil, wood, acrylic, felted army blankets, hair, mixed fibers, paint, fans

SO017

Press Release

For over 30 years Sherry Owens has used the sinuous crepe myrtle tree to tell her story – of the Texas landscape, of death, renewal, beauty, and of today’s growing environmental concerns. Owens begins by collecting discarded trees, whittling, carving, waxing, painting, dyeing and burnishing the branches before she assembles them with pegs, baling wire and other material choices. As free-form as the work appears, Owens creates detailed drawings of each piece as a starting point. The narrative of each sculpture is decided well in advance of its assembly; the subsequent choice of each stick, each gesture, and each connecting point follows the marks of the drawing into the third dimension. Sherry Owens began her profession as a weaver. “I’m really still a weaver,” she says, “only now I’m weaving with sticks.” But a visit to her studio proves that Owens’ process and product is not that simple.

Sherry Owens lives and works in Dallas, TX and received a BFA from Southern Methodist University. Her work has been shown throughout Texas and the southwest; in 2018, she completed a two-person site specific installation at the Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum in Austin, Texas, and was included in Commanding Space: Women Sculptors of Texas, at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, Texas. In 2017, Owens mounted a solo exhibition at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas, and the Martin Museum of Art at Baylor University. Owens has exhibited internationally in Austria, Denmark, Germany, Greece, India, Peru, Turkey, and was recently included in The First Crosscurrent Yokohama-Texas International Artists Exchange Show 2019 at Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery in Yokohama, Japan.

Sherry Owens has completed several large public art projects, including a large-scale bronze through the Love Field Modernization Program at Love Field Airport in Dallas, TX and a monumental commission for the Ben E. Keith Company, also in Dallas. Owens is a former president of the Texas Sculpture Association, has served on various art boards and was a co-founder of the Emergency Artists’ Support League. She was the recipient of the Moss/Chumley North Texas Artist Award in 1999, was the West Texas Triangle artist in 2010 with a comprehensive survey at five west Texas museums, and received the Artist/Craftsman Award from the AIA Dallas in 2014.

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