Ann Clifford is a Figurative Sculptor. Her highly textured bronzes and freeform wire sculptures play with the tension of decades of classical training.    

 

A practicing professional artist and graduate of OCAD University Fine Arts in Toronto, Canada, Ann Clifford has created sculptures and paintings for the corporate world, equine organizations, government and tourism. She has a lengthy list of commissions, including traditional sculptures in bronze and clay, as well as large-scale Woven Wire Sculptures which are one of her specialties. Proprietor of her own gallery, and as an exhibiting artist in venues across Southern Ontario, Ann has curated many solo shows and group art exhibitions. Ann’s work is in private art collections internationally. Private workshops and classes are offered in a variety of disciplines.

 

“As a multi media creator Bauhaus methodology has served me well. My integrated knowledge of anatomy, and a propensity for abstraction, result in my sophisticated anthropomorphic and animalistic compositions. It is impassioned movement caught in time. Interpreted in heavy gage fencing wire, clay, wax, bronze, acrylic paint or pencil, all the pieces are grounded in energy. Solid and ethereal, my intention is to delight, inspire, and surprise.” 

Clifford is an Arts Educator / Art Therapist at Pine River Institute, a live-in treatment program for youth struggling with addiction and high-risk behaviors. Please see, "The Masks We Wear, Healing Through Art", for more information about, "The Mask Project". Ann is a veteran Child and Youth Worker with extensive involvement in social service agencies, elementary and secondary schools and Children’s Mental Health organizations spanning 4 decades. Co-founder of the Urban Youth Riding Project she implemented Equine Facilitated Learning and Community Building programs for teenagers, social workers and law enforcement.