Sculpture was a natural progression for Catherine Thiry’s art. After fifteen years of painting, in 2004, Thiry began to wrestle the raw emotion found in her art into sculptural form. For Catherine Thiry sculpture is visceral and primal. In 2005, she created her first series of small bronze pieces and quickly moved on to larger formats. She has never looked back, pursuing sculpture with a singular passion.

Catherine Thiry’s sculpture bears all the influence of her painting and a power that characterizes her work. She molds the clay with broad strokes, as one would boldly paint a canvas. Some of Thiry’s sculptures have an intentional sense of incompleteness, leaving the observer to draw on their own emotional experiences and come to an individual interpretation of her art.

Her primary mediums are bronze and iron and these strong materials pulsate with life and movement due to Thiry’s technique. One can feel the moment of creation with each skilled gesture of the sculptor, artfully shaping and manipulating her materials, as energy triumphs.