Sharon Woodbury responds to the delivery of OpusOneHundredTwo

Posted by The Artist on June 22, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

After the delivery of OpusOneHundredTwo to the Park City Board of Realtors I got a very nice email from Sharon and she agreed to let me share it here.

Dennis N. Duce with OpusOneHundredTwo

“Dennis,

“Your sculpture is unbelievable.. It is so beautiful and looks great in our lobby… We have had so many comments about your work.. I just read your write up about the piece and you are very articulate and kind…. What you wrote is as beautiful as the piece of art.

“Your generosity towards the Peace House will be felt in many ways….

“Thanks so much!

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“Sincerely,
Sharon Woodbury
Chief Executive Officer
Park City Board of REALTORS®”

Thanks for being so kind I am very glad to be a part of Luxury Home Tour and Peace House.


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Opus One Hundred The Story and the Inspiration

Posted by The Artist on June 22, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

This has been a great week for the Luxury Home Tour. We had interviews on KPCW and PCTV as well as a photo shoot for the Park Record Cover Story. After all the publicity I went over to the Park City Board of Realtors office and hung Opus One Hundred along with a piece of paper that has the following words on it

“I took a walk through the Gardens of Le Caille early this spring and was inspired by the peacocks roaming the grounds. I started working on a piece to represent the beauty and majesty of the peacock but could not find a counter weave for the feathers.

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“Until I was asked to create the featured art piece for the 2010 Luxury Home Tour I was creatively stumped. I was given one directive; “Make it represent your feelings about Peace House.” Immediately I knew the counter weave needed to come from the Logo for Peace House. This gave me the basic workings for the piece. Over the next few days the depth of meaning appeared.

“The logo was less obvious than I had hoped, and then I realized that is how we want it. Peace House helps woman overcome the past. Through this process their inner beauty can glow. Once the transformation is made what you see is the woman and her beauty and not a permanent impression from the experience at Peace House.

“All of the materials in this piece are scraps which I worked into a beautiful piece of art. The transformation was made because of skill and vision. This is how Peace House transforms the lives of the women they touch.

“We can all do our part to help Jane and her staff by getting involved in the Luxury Home Tour. Purchase tickets to the Auction and make sure you get involved in the bidding of the items most interesting to you. Peace House needs your help to be able to turn around the lives of those torn apart by domestic violence. Your generosity at the auction can help this next year be life changing.”

Dennis N. Duce, Reclaimed Metal Artist June 2010


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OpusOneHundredTwo Delivered, Accepted and Loved

Posted by The Artist on June 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

I delivered the “Featured Art” to Jane Patten and her staff at the Peace House this afternoon and they could not have been more over joyed. It was so fun to see them get involved finding symbolism in the peace. Kara Cody pointed out how it is the male Peacock that has the bright feathers but how fitting it is that in order for us to make real change in domestic violence we need to not only change and help the woman but also the men. Many times domestic violence is considered a woman’s issue but the woman at Peace House understand how much men need help both as the abusers (to become better people) but also as the abused. Though this is not the current direction of Peace House to help men but Kara liked to see the symbol it represents.

For me the material is all reclaimed (Just more garbage) which I take and turn into something beautiful. This is a lot like the work Peace House Does helping women and families that feel like they have no worth to overcome the problems that they find in their life and turn into beautiful members of society. I also like how if you look hard you can see the logo of Peace House in this piece but it is not in your face. The implication here is that there will always be an imprint on the people who come through the doors of Peace House but it will only be there in the back ground. What you will really see is a beautiful woman or child who is now able to grow and blossom thanks to the help of Jane and her team of volunteers.

We found a small strip of red right in the middle of the chest of the part of the logo that represents a woman. It was pointed out that she has a heart and is able to love again. I don’t think there is anything more difficult or important for these victims then to be able to love and trust.

I love Peace House, I love what they do and what they stand for and am very glad to be able to be the featured artist for the 2010 Luxury Home Tour in support of Peace House. I hop I get a chance to do this again.

Jessica Wall, Kara Cody, Dennis N. Duce and Jane Patten Pose with OpusOneHundredTwo

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Featured Art for the Luxury Home Tour is completed.

Posted by The Artist on June 9, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

I am taking OpusOneHundredTwo in to Peace House Tomorrow to let then see this peace and aprove it so until they see it I am not going post full pictures but I thought you might like to see this. I am so glad to be able to be a part of the Luxury Home Tour and a real honor to be the “Featured Artist” Once I unvail this piece fully I will explain what it means to me and why it is the Featured Piece. For now enjoy the picture.

Close up of OpusOneHunderTwo


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