Cast in bronze – Ruth Abernethy, the artist and her art

By NextHome Staff
January 11, 2019
By Cece M. Scott cecescott.com
Canadiana #1(2005) Canadiana Collection. Photo: Ruth Abernethy
Moving her studio to her great room has been advantageous. The natural light helps with her waning eyesight, and the wood stove keeps the room warm, which is preferable for the sculptress’ hands. “It’s more about my knees. I am finding it harder to get up and down. I can see a time when I won’t be able to do what I do now. But that is a few years out,” says Abernethy. “What I do never gets easier; I just get familiar with how difficult it is.”Abernethy relies on her assistant to handle her social media and communication tasks, and finds that she can’t work the long days that she used to. Supporting, and encouraging, up-and-coming artists is very important to her. “At some point,” says Abernethy. “My contributions become the making of opportunity for other people.”

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