Kelly Cozart
Kelly Cozart is from many generations of farmers and ranchers in Texas, the artist feels her connection to the land has influenced her treatments of clay and the natural progression to bronze. Incorporating the ancient look of artifacts through the process of burial patinas on her work gives her bronze birds and other objects the feel of aged relics. Some of the patinas are buried in boxes that take up to six weeks to complete the process. The patina continues to live and change with time. This gives each piece it’s own uniqueness.
Kelly Cozart
Cozart’s bronze sculptures depict inanimate objects, human forms, and especially, animal subjects. From her watchful crows to her stoic bulls, her work seems to carry an ageless, perennial weight. “Nature and music stir my soul.” Cozart says. Recent work reveals a sense of humor, with piece’s such as ‘Crowbar Crow’. The Relic Series features rotary dial phones of the past. ‘Going Mobile’ is a bronze version of the 1959 Princess phone and with it’s own pair of wheels.
The artist attended Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida where she studied liberal arts before returning to her home in Texas to complete her BFA at Texas Tech University. In 1984, Kelly moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico where she has worked as an artist for over three decades.
Being from many generations of farmers and ranchers in Texas, Cozart feels the connection to the land has influenced her treatments of clay and the natural progression to bronze. Incorporating the ancient look of artifacts through the process of burial patinas on her work, gives her bronze birds and other objects the feel of aged relics. Some of the patinas are buried in boxes that take up to six weeks to complete the process. The patina continues to live and change with time. This gives each piece it’s own uniqueness.