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Tina Tarantal - A Daughter/bronze, The small figure placed in the garden questions at least two things. What is there to see that is right in front of you and how nice it feels to wear a dress. Making this sculpture was driven by observation and desire. It required responses to design and form, concentration and a commitment to the process.
Elsa (Tina) Tarantal has been teaching Figure Modeling for many years and is a Professor Emerita at the University of the Arts. Her studio work in figurative sculpture, modeling in clay and bronze casting, began while she was an undergraduate at The Cooper Union and continued throughout her graduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania. The Rosenfeld Gallery in Philadelphia and the Kendall Gallery in Wellfleet have represented her paintings, sculpture and commissioned portraits. She has created public sculpture commissioned by the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, is a member of the National Sculpture Society and has received awards for her work in juried exhibitions.