Partners in Art : Gene and Rebecca Tobey

by McGarry, Susan Hallsten

• ISBN13: 9781934491027
• ISBN10: 1934491020
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-12-16
• Publisher: Univ of New Mexico Pr

Summary

For twenty years, Gene and Rebecca Tobey worked together as husband and wife and artistic partners. They are best known for their creations of ceramic and bronze sculptures of abstracted animal forms. In their art, bear, buffalo, elk, and other majestic animals stand in dynamic, timeless attitudes. Their work is a sculptural statement about the dominant personality of the animal. Magic occurs as the sculptures' surfaces become canvases upon which the Tobeys have carved, drawn, painted, and scratched graffitodrawings of other animals, human figures, scenes of starry night skies, mountain ranges, and symbols and geometric shapes, all on beautifully patinated surfaces. In the pages of Partners in Art,Rebecca Tobey shares her insights into their creative and collaborative process and shows the creations she and Gene forged during their two-decade partnership. In 2006 Gene Tobey passed away after battling leukemia. Rebecca Tobey lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and continues their legacy of creation and spirit.

Table of Contents

Artwork Commentaries
Foreword	p. 10
Spirits Soar	p. 15
Joyful Collaboration	p. 29
A Perfect Partnership	p. 33
The Work
Ceramic	p. 47
Bas-Relief Sculpture	p. 124
Tobey Jewelry	p. 130
The Miniatures	p. 132
Watercolors	p. 136
Bronze: The Exclusives Collection	p. 146
Bronze	p. 153
Epilogue	p. 330
Fishing and Other Things My Dad Taught Me	p. 332
Traveling Together	p. 334
Wisdom of Lizards, Perfection of Stones	p. 336
My Father, My Mentor	p. 338
Transition	p. 340
Glossary of Tobey Symbols	p. 346
Chronology: Gene and Rebecca Tobey	p. 350
Index to Illustrated Artworks	p. 356
Acknowledgments	p. 358
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