Betty Branch

Artist Statement

Betty Branch
Artist Statement

My first memory is of making something, my joy existing between discovery and creation, a process as necessary as breathing. For as long as I can remember, this urgency to create has possessed me and fuels whatever project is at hand. My working process
allows me to return to the earliest recognitions of my ‘maker-self’ as I sculpt in stone, clay, bronze, or earth.

My hope is to make some sense of the space and time in which I live and function as an artist and woman. It is the working process that grounds me in this contemporary culture, giving me the freedom to embrace the universal qualities of our ancient past and the faith to create in the present.