Halloween is a fun time for arts and crafts. It feels good to create creepy images...

I think we all have a touch of creepy in our souls and getting those feelings out onto paper or a chosen medium kind of helps to put things back into balance.

I entered my first international before and after hairstyling contest, (actually it was the first hairdressing contest of any kind ever) and I MADE IT TO THE TOP 10 FINALISTS! Actually, WE made it to the top 10 finalists, I have to give tons of credit to my awesome son Brian and to my good friend Daisy. You can imagine how excited we were but we tried not to get our hopes up too high! None the less my hopes were high enough that I feel really sad because we didn't win…

After my little cry this morning… I realized that I am a winner anyway! My awesome son Brian, who played the part of the photographer and my good friend Daisy, who played the role of the model and I playing the part of the hairdresser will have great memories of this little production for the rest of our lives!

AND we all 3 did an absolutely great job!

Art Dolls are a Rapidly Expanding Art Form

Art Dolls are a rapidly expanding art form. Galleries in New York and Santa Fe are adding the dressed figures to their exhibits, including the Louvre in Paris! Celebrities, art lovers and sophisticated buyers from around the world are discovering the joy and magic of this new and growing world of
mixed media characters, many of which are becoming sound investments. John and Becci Renfro would like to introduce and to educate all who have a sense of wonder and appreciation of fine art as well as imagination.
Art Dolls, or Sculpted Dressed Figures, are all "one of a kind" figurative pieces. They are created from scratch with a polymer clay and use no commercial molds of any kind. They require knowledge of not only human anatomy and sculpting but needlework, wig-making, cobble work, costume design...Just about every art discipline is needed to make a sculptural piece that may have fabric in the body, or perhaps silk thread for hair, painted skin tone, hand made jewelry, authentic costume, etc...It is all within the artists imagination and creative skills. It would take volumes to describe (as well as to show) the immense variety of work that can be considered in an "Art Doll".
You will find that Art Dolls represent a kaleidoscope of styles ranging from sublime to whimsical, from eccentric character pieces to classically designed historic figures, and work that defies classification!
We hope that you, too, will discover the excitement and become part of the Art Doll world!