Phoenix, AZ, United States
Life is full of opportunities; you can’t be afraid of change; you never are too old to try something...
About the artist
Joined In 2020
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About the artist
Joined In 2020
(4 Followers)
Life is full of opportunities; you can’t be afraid of change; you never are too old to try something new. This is the mantra of Hugh Blanding, a successful and respected bronze sculptor from Phoenix, Arizona.
At age 40, Blanding, a native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, made the monumental decision to switch careers, moving out of his comfort zone, to take advantage of a lucrative opportunity in the computer industry. A few years later, he made another life-shaking change when he and his wife Flo decided to move to Arizona, to fulfill a dream that had been put on hold for too long. In Arizona he accepted the challenge of telecommunicating from his home to his old employer back in Milwaukee. This was long before telecommunications became a way of life, and he did it successfully for 12 years until he opted to retire at the age of 57.
Retirement brought more change, more opportunity. A self-taught artist, Blanding had been painting since his early teens, but upon retirement he tried his hand at sculpting. Immediately he found his forte in the 3-dimension. He loved the additional challenge presented in sculpting; the challenge to create a work of art that must be aesthetically pleasing when viewed from all angles - the top, ...
American Plains Artists Juried Exhibit
(Great Plains Art Museum), Lincoln, NE
American Academy of Equine Art Juried Exhibit (Intn’l Museum of the Horse), Lexington, KY
Arizona Fine Art EXPO, Scottsdale, AZ
Loveland Sculpture Group Invitational, Loveland CO
Phippen Museum Western Art Show, Prescott, AZ
Sedona Sculpture Walk, Sedona, AZ
Thunderbird Artists Fine Art Festivals, ScottsdaleAZ
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