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![Nina Scott-Hansen - A Featured Artist for the Lanning Gallery [Sedona, Arizona]](images/hansen-titlehead.jpg) |
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| "There's nothing
in nature that scares me," states artist Nina
Scott-Hansen and it is that symbiotic point-of-view
that animates each one of the creatures she welds in
steel. Of Norwegian descent, Scott-Hansen grew up in
Denmark, the U.S. and Norway where she began her
formal art training, working primarily in mixed
media.
Always, it was
textures that intrigued her: the old
iron hinges on Scandinavian doors;
scraps of iron, whether rusted and rough
or smooth and new, struck her as rich
and elemental. By the late 80's her work
in textured collages had changed into a
complete devotion to the artistry of
welded steel.
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"Chalco"
Welded Steel
Sculpture
23" x 24" x 12" |
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Scott-Hansen's sculptures are not quiet; each piece is alive with animation,
whether serious or playful they are always accessible. Her strong-legged
birds, carbonized to achieve their rich blackness, were not meant to be one
specific kind of bird. With rakish beaks and masses of feathers, each an
individual piece of welded-on steel, the birds simply evolved naturally into
their ultimate forms. Scott-Hansen's work has been exhibited from Arizona,
Colorado, Rhode Island and Maine to Oslo and Smestad, Norway. Her steel
sculptures continue to evolve. |
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"Talib"
Welded Steel Sculpture 32" x
24" x 16" |
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"Cisco"
Welded Steel Sculpture
24" x 22" x 17" |
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"Khatzi"
Welded Steel
Sculpture
22" x 24" x 18"
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"Possibilities are
endless," says Scott-Hansen. "There's nothing I wouldn't
dare make." |
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Artist's prices
beginning at
$2,900.
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