By Mary Jo Novotny Durand ‘71
"Luncheon" was conceptualized in 2006 and completed in 2008 and depicts a traditional birthday luncheon at which close friends share advice and support. The women, sitting only 8" tall, were a very difficult scale to work on — especially their faces. The tool used most effectively was an orange stick designed for manicures.
— Mary Jo Novotny Durand
Pen and ink classes during the summers in her hometown of Erie, Pennsylvania, sparked a love of art in Mary Jo Novotny Durand ’71. Mary Jo earned a B.F.A. from Ithaca College and an M.A. from Penn State University, and returned to study art at California’s Brentwood Art Center and Santa Monica College. Her medium of choice is clay, as she prefers to “add on” rather than to chip away at stone.
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