ANN RUPPERT

About the Artist

WASHINGTON, D.C. NATIVE, CURRENTLY RESIDING IN SILVER SPRING, MD. TEACHING STONE SCULPTURE FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY ADULT EDUCATION, FOR TWENTY YEARS, NOW TEACHING FOR RECREATION AND PARKS, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD. A MEMBER OF THE ART LEAGUE, ALEXANDRIA, VA., STRATHMORE ARTS CENTER, BETHESDA, MD., AND THE ART GALLERY OF FELLS POINT, BALTIMORE, MD., FORMERLY INVOLVED ASSISTING IN THE SELECTION OF ART IN PUBLIC PLACES, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD.,ALSO JUROR MEMBER SELECTING EXHIBITIONS FOR FRIENDSHIP HEIGHTS COMMUNITY CENTER, CHEVY CHASE, MD. WORKS HAVE BEEN IN MANY JURIED EXHIBITIONS IN LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT WASHINGTON, D.C., MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA, INCLUDING THE KENNEDY CENTER, NATIONAL CHILDRENS MUSEUM, AND THE ART BARN, MD. SCULPTURE CAN BE FOUND IN MANY PRIVATE COLLECTIONS NATIONWIDE AND INTERNATIONAL, ALSO IN THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY PERMANENT COLLECTION. OTHER PERMANENT WORKS CAN BE FOUND IN SUCH PUBLIC PLACES AS HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL, SILVER SPRING, MD., FRIENDSHIP HEIGHTS COMMUNITY CENTER, CHEVY CHASE, MD., AND STRATHMORE ARTS CENTER, BETHESDA, MD. SCULPTURAL STYLE IS REPRESENTATIONAL,FIGURATIVE, ALSO ABSTRACT, PRESENTED IN A VARIETY OF NATURAL WOODS, STONES AND CASTS.

Artist's Statement

I ENJOY THE HUMAN AND ANIMAL FORMS FOR THEIR FLUIDITY. I LOVE THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF WOOD AND STONE, AND ESPECIALLY ENJOY THE FLOWING FORMS THAT CAN BE FOUND WITHIN THEM. THERE IS ALWAYS A CERTAIN EXCITEMENT STARTING A NEW PIECE AND ANTICIPATION SEEING THE FINISHED PRODUCT.