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sculpture, installation, mixed media, ceramics

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There are numerous studies that prove that art is beneficial to the development of the human brain. We not talking about those right now. We are talking about giving ourselves the means and methods for discovering our own freedom. Putting emotion into action, solving the eternal human question. How to be happy? And I don’t mean skipping-rainbows-happy every minute of every day. I mean glimpses of happiness, transcendence, peace, and freedom. The feeling that comes from creating something (beautiful, or not) out of nothing much. Even beauty is beside the point. For some artists much of what is made is never seen. It is the process that matters. It’s about taking care of yourself, meeting your own needs, and most importantly, putting constructive effort towards our own happiness. #feelgood #befree #icanhelpyou #behappy #makesomething #arteveryday #abstractpainter #artwatchers #figurativeabstraction #artwatchers #abstractpainting #contemporarydrawing #artonpaper #contemporaryartist #markmaking #worksonpaper #artmaking #artcurator #artistlife #creativehappylife #writingaboutart #dancingaboutarchitecture #watercolor #collage #mixedmedia #leepuffer #freedom
I think we humans are wandering around for half our lives wondering where the instruction manual is. The guidebook that tells us how to live, what to do first, a “quick-start” guide. Our parents and our culture may have laid out the expected steps and milestones, but we know we could choose not to follow them, at our peril perhaps, but we do have that choice. It is not “what to do” exactly that we are looking for. It is how to feel good, happy, fulfilled and free. There is no game plan for that, no course syllabus. When we are kids, we are either kept busy by overscheduling or distracted by media until at some point we become aware that we are not in possession of the information we need. Studying art is freedom. Learning how to express yourself non-verbally is a very powerful thing. #feelgood #befree #icanhelpyou #behappy #makesomething #arteveryday #abstractpainter #artwatchers #figurativeabstraction #artwatchers #abstractpainting #contemporarydrawing #artonpaper #contemporaryartist #markmaking #worksonpaper #artmaking #artcurator #artistlife #creativehappylife #writingaboutart #dancingaboutarchitecture #watercolor #collage #mixedmedia #leepuffer
Big blob of #purple glitter #icanhelpyou #behappy #makesomething #arteveryday #abstractpainter #artwatchers #figurativeabstraction #artwatchers #abstractpainting #contemporarydrawing #artonpaper #contemporaryartist #markmaking #worksonpaper #artmaking #artcurator #artistlife #creativehappylife #writingaboutart #dancingaboutarchitecture #watercolor #collage #mixedmedia #leepuffer

Upcoming Exhibits

Teaching

2018-2019

Southwestern College Ceramics 1. Monday/Wednesday 8:15am-11:30am http://www.swccd.edu

Grossmont College Ceramics 1. Tuesday/Thursday 9:30am -12:30 Ceramics 1. Tuesday/Thursday 1pm-4pm http://www.grossmont.edu

San Diego City College Figure Sculpture I, II, III Friday 9am-4pm

About Lee Puffer

Born in Long Beach, CA, Lee Puffer grew up in Coastal Massachusetts and Maine, Mexico, Venezuela, and the shores of Lake Erie in Western New York. Puffer began her career after graduating with Honors from the Massachusetts College of Art with a BFA from the Studio for Interrelated Media in 1992, working with Tony Oursler among others.
In 2004 Puffer enrolled in the Graduate program at San Diego State University, earning an MFA in 2007 with an emphasis of Ceramics. Her nomadic background manifests itself in sculpture made with a distinct sense of place. Her background as a multimedia artist lends her sculpture and sculptural installations immediacy and a contemporary sensibility.
Puffer creates life-sized figurative and kinetic sculpture and installation which offer cultural critique through personal and controversial imagery often appropriating and re-contextualizing images and ideas from popular culture.
She has exhibited at The Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, The American Museum of Ceramic Art, and The Women’s Museum of California among others. She is currently on faculty at Palomar College in San Marcos, California.

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