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Mother of Invention

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Artist: Janice Prince; Cortland, Ohio

Sponsor: Saratoga Restaurant

Media: Acrylic paint and permanent marker

 

Artist Statement and Biography:  This design concept pays tribute to inventors.  While researching for this project, I found drawings of strange vehicles that inventors had conjured up prior to production of the automobile.  I also found patented plans for engines.  Eureka!  I found my inspiration.  She is the "Mother of Invention".  She is metallic silver; her wings, cloth and base are solid white with black line drawings of early inventions of vehicles and engines.  All the drawings are presented as a drafted print drawing.  There is essential script near the drawings to name the inventor and vehicle.

 

Janice Prince received her BFA from Kent State University and her MS in secondary art education from Youngstown State University.  She resides in Cortland, Ohio, with her husband John.  Prince is an art teacher at Buckeye Local Schools in Ashtabula County.  In addition she has taught for the Trumbull County Educational Service Center and Trumbull Art Gallery.  While starting out with watercolors, she has now grown to love working with oils. She also works with wheel-thrown pottery and designs quilts.  Her work has been exhibited at Trumbull Art Gallery and the Butler Institute of American Art.

The statue measurements are approximately 6 feet tall by 8 feet, 6 inches long. These are works of art and some statues are meant to be displayed out of the elements.

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