Carolyn Ritchie Bedford

Although Carolyn has been known as a painter for many years, she now works primarily in clay and bronze sculpture. Carolyn and her husband, George, operate their own backyard foundry in Cape Breton where they burn their own pieces of bronze. Carolyn has been working at her art for 30 years in Nova Scotia, exhibiting in various group shows and having many solo exhibits of painting, some photography and now sculpture. This past year Carolyn completed demonstrations of the bronze pours at the Congres Mondial Acadien events and at the Pictou art gatherings where she will do workshops this year. Carolyn also completed work on a water wall sculpture for the new Port Hawkesbury Civic Center with bronze sculpture figures and is pursuing other public art projects that come along. The artist participates in The Annual NS Studio Art Rally Map welcoming visitors to her studio in the summer and is also preparing for a solo sculptural exhibit in 2006. Never still, she is now also trying her hand working in some stone or wood sculpture, and applying her self to some more paintings for the future.

Studio

The studio is open to the public, with notification to the artist, from April to end of October. Drop by for a tour or watch Carolyn doing bronze pours on the weekends.