See Saw Margery Daw
Cast bronze 32" x 33" x 12" |
Vortex
Cast bronze 42" x 9" x 5" |
Sketch
Ink and pastel on paper 12" x 18" |
Of Two
Cast bronze 24" x 18" x 14" |
The Couple
Cast bronze 29" x 38" x 19" |
In this generation of artists, visual resource and influence arrive daily, hourly.
Ancient waves and forms from the birthplaces of mankind
The female form, also the birthplace of mankind
Echoing the then - Crystallized in the now of
Experience and Expression
Betty Rasicot Pillsbury was born in 1922 in Northern Wisconsin and owing to singular circumstances
was raised in a matriarchal household. The women raising her were survivors of an epidemic, the 1929
crash and the subsequent financial depression. This influence - the power and tenacity of women under
difficult circumstances - has been a theme throughout Betty’s life work. Her work is largely
figurative with recurring female form and female triads, a tribute to the strength and triumph of
women.
Education
Holy Names College, Master of Arts, Education, 1981
California College of Arts and Crafts
- Teaching Credentials, Secondary-Art, 1971
- Graduate Studies, 1955
University of California, Berkeley
- Graduate Studies, 1954
- Bachelor of Arts, Sculpture, 1950
Escuela Belles Artes, Guadalajara, Mexico, Summer Session, 1949
Raimand Puccinelli of Florence Italy and San Francisco CA
- Sculpture Apprenticeship, 1943-1947
Shows
The Albany Arts Gallery Show, Albany, March 2011
Paradise Ridge Winery Show, Santa Rosa, 2012
The Ruth Bancroft Garden, Walnut Creek, 2005-2011
CIIS, San Francisco, Juried Show, San Francisco, 2003
Annual Garden Sculpture Show
Pro Arts Open Studios, Berkeley, 1998 - 2012
Group shows Center for Visual Arts, Oakland, 1993
Fifty-Year Retrospective Sculpture and Drawings, Berkeley, 1992
Lipscomb.Gunther Installation Site
One-man show, Stuart Gallery, Berkeley, 1976
West Valley College Master Show with students, Saratoga, 1969
One-man show, Montalvo Gallery, Saratoga, 1967
One-man show, Horses Mouth Gallery, Saratoga, 1964
Co-op Arts and Crafts Group Shows, Berkeley
Co-op Arts and Crafts Group Shows, Walnut Creek
El Cerrito Invitational Group Show, El Cerrito
San Francisco Museum Annual, San Francisco, 1960
San Francisco Museum Annual, San Francisco, 1952
Oakland Art Museum Group Show, Oakland, 1941
Architectural
Bank of America Headquarters Building, San Francisco, CA- Permanent Collection, "Evolutionary Form"
City of Vallejo, Marina Vista Park, CA
- Heroic Bronze Bust, Senator Luther Gibson
Baruch Home Courtyard, San Jose, CA
- Serena Standing Wood Figure
Hayden Home Frieze, Pasadena, CA
- Five Dancing Figures
Walnut Creek pool fountain, Walnut Creek, CA
- Whale
Research Specialities Company, Richmond, CA
- "Amphrite", Cast Stone
Private Collections
Ginger and Moshe Alafi, Berkeley, CA
Paul Anglim, San Francisco, CA
Hans and Flora Baruch, Berkeley, CA
Pat Bleifer-Greenglass, Beverly Hills, CA
Mollie Cholfin, M.D., San Diego, CA
Ellen Gunther and Wendell Lipscomb, M.D., Berkeley, CA
Pat and Bob Hanscom, M.D., Berkeley, CA
Judge R.F.C. and Charlotte Hayden, Pasadena, CA
Gladys Hender, Granada Hills, CA
Venona Levine, Walnut Creek, CA
Morton Meyer, M.D., Berkeley, CA
Elizabeth Pringle, Santa Barbara, CA
John and Dagmar Searle, Berkeley, CA
Teachings
Private Classes, Home/Studio, Berkeley, 1955 – 2011
Vallejo Adult School, Vallejo, 1977 - 1997
Oakland Adult School, Oakland, 1972-1992
Twin Pines School, Oakland, 1970
Montalvo Barn Sculptors “Master Atelier”, Saratoga, 1965-1968
Contra Costa School System, Art, Walnut Creek, 1950-1952
University of California, Berkeley- Teaching Assistant to Raimondo Puccinelli, 1943-1947
Mare Island Navy Base Sculpture Teacher, Vallejo, 1943
Betty Rasicot Pillsbury
tel: (510) 526-2923
e-mail: BPRSculpture@gmail.com