Cathy Strokowsky (Canadian, b. 1967), Seedling 1

2003, blown glass, gut cord, quills, fur, signed and dated to the terminus.

15 1/4 x 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.

Private Collection, Alexandria, Virginia

Acquired from Galerie Elena Lee, Montreal, Canada

Montreal born glass artist Cathy Strokowsky graduated in 1999 from Espace Verre, a progressive glass school situated in Old Montreal, Quebec. Her work reflects the beauty and harmony found in nature. Many of her pieces evoke underwater images such as anemones and coral, forest flora, and desert flowers. Each sculpture encompasses a striking dichotomy, being fragile and solid, opaque and transparent. Her flameworked elements, reminiscent of flowers, fruit, mushrooms, or flames, are painstakingly stitched onto the filaments of the encircling network.

Cathy’s intimate sculptures, full of mystery and contradictions, have acquired a faithful clientele among SOFA visitors, the show of “Sculpture Objects and Functional Art” in Chicago and New York, as well as at Art Palm Beach, where she is shown regularly, and at various venues throughout Canada and the U.S. Her work is part of the collections of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec, Loto-Québec, and the Contemporary Museum of Honolulu.

Cathy Strokowsky is represented by Sandra Ainsley Gallery, located in Toronto, the leading contemporary glass art gallery in Canada.

Good condition.