Sculp-ture\skalp-ture\nn
{ME}, fr. L sculptura
creating a problem to solve in stone

To reflect on my work I must look to my travels and my experiences of living abroad. Resonating to the varied cultures I have been exposed to I have chosen an eclectic range of subjects. If there is a thread to be found most likely it is not always a conscious one. I have lived on a city-island and at other times near the sea; therefore, the marine themes. I have looked to the arts for a meaning of life; therefore, the masks, the dance shoes, the organic abstracts. Other inspirations come from reaction to a moment or a particular event.

With no formal training in stone sculpture, anything I have accomplished has come directly from working in the marble yards of Pietrasanta with the Italian artisans. My debt to them is enormous.

I now live and sculpt in Austin, Texas. My work is found in private collections in Singapore, Paris, Mexico City, California, Pennsylvania, Florida, New York, Washington D.C., Maryland and Texas.

Jania Ashby

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Flying Fish		Flying Fish & Companion
Final Performance		Chaos In Color
Eve and Apple, front		Eve and Apple, back
Torso Rosso		Farfalla
Butterfly By Committee		In and Out and Roundabout
Black Gold, front		Black Gold, back
6 Masks In Search of a Sculptor