Artist Statements

I am a full-time artist.

My resume includes multimedia muralist, sculptor, tinsmith, graphics designer, builder, and creator of fantastic spaces that enliven the minds eye.

I taught Kindergarten in Switzerland for 17 years with the focus on social interaction and healing through the arts. I have continued teaching art in various venues up to the present.
I love teaching art to others, opening them to their hidden gifts.

I make art to express my sense of spirit, truth, beauty, fun, and balance into the world. Mostly self-taught, I have explored many different mediums in my life's journey over three continents. Adobe building and tin art in New Mexico, leatherwork in Dakar and Flamenco dancing in Sevilla have all been a part of the invention of finding unusual solutions for creating art for daily use, a concrete fantasy.

Throughout my life, throughout my travels and living in three continents, I have learned to work with many different permanent materials. I have learned to use these materials in many different applications.

Being fluent in four languages has given me a unique cultural perspective that colors all aspects of my life. This knowledge of culture translates visually to my work.

Art has saved my life.

Claire-Lyne XYLENA Apothéloz

Cross Creek Studio

Claire-Lyne Xylena Apotheloz

 

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