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Jacquline Hurlbert

I grew up on the plains of Nebraska, a stark yet beautiful landscape that provided fertile ground for my imagination. Always interested in art, particularly the three-dimensional variety, I enrolled at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, where I earned my bachelor's degree in art with honors.

It was in college that I first discovered the power of clay. Starting with a kick wheel and a small ball of clay, I became obsessed with the hypnotic spinning process of throwing. Functional forms emerged from the mud, and I was thrilled.

After college, I began my sojourn west. My first stop was Vail, Colorado, where I worked as a ceramics instructor at Colorado Mountain College. But the West Coast beckoned. Eventually, I ended up in California, where I returned to college, earning my master's degree from California State University at Northridge.

In 1993, I moved to the Pacific Northwest, where I continue to work with figurative sculpture and my new passion, painting!

Hearts

I'm looking for my heart. I keep losing track of it. I'll be going about my day and all of a sudden I realize it's gone! I look under the bed, in the fridge, around the studio, but no… it's not there.

So I ask myself, "When did I last feel it?" and retrace my steps, you know, like when you lose your keys or something. I last remember feeling it on Friday when I told my 7-year-old niece she was the most precious little girl in the world. Yes I definitely had it then, so where has it gone? Oh yes, now I remember, I left it by the phone after my angry conversation with my friend. Or was it when I didn't smile at the checker who was so kind and friendly? Come to think of it, I haven't seen it for several days now and I'm starting to miss it. I miss its compassion, warmth, generosity, kindness and love. I just hate it when I misplace something so valuable, a one-of-a-kind!

I hear the phone ring. It's my parents on the line. "I love you," I say. I hear a faint beating sound in my chest and it's getting stronger.


Link to "Dragon Dance" by Jaquiline Hurlbert  Link to "Heart Song" by Jaquiline Hurlbert  Link to "Heart of Diamonds" by Jaquiline Hurlbert    Link to "Word Heart" by Jaquiline Hurlbert  Link to "Desert Bloom" by Jaquiline Hurlbert
 

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