Magnolia artist Rachael Bigham loves public art, and her first gallery showing will open with an artist’s reception on Sunday, March 3, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., in the Narthex Gallery at Magnolia United Church of Christ (3555 W. McGraw St.).
The show runs through April 4.
Using found and collected wooden utensils, broken plates, silverware and jewelry/regalia, Bigham creates assemblages and mosaics. By combining these everyday objects with wood, paper maché, Sculptamold, textured cardboard and air-dry clays, she also tells a story.
Not one to be pigeonholed, Bigham has her hand on sculpture, painting and storytelling. Often an original narrative or poem is the inspiration for a series of assemblages, which are finished with oil or acrylic paint.