Alice Riordan has been studying art most of her life. She was originally a painter, influenced greatly by the beauty, sensitivity and color of French Impressionists, Renoir and Degas. While studying painting in Florence, Riordan found herself being drawn to sculptures of Michelangelo. The emotions and passion of these sculptures inspired her.
It was not until several years later that Riordan became a sculptor herself, studying under George Gach, Angelo Bona and Margit Malmstrom. Combining the input of her teachers, Riordan's knowledge of technique and anatomy grew, as did her passion for sculpting. Over the next few years, Rioirdan's flair for the medium flourished. In foundries her sculptures began to come alive with the age old process of bronze casting. Riordan's use of exciting variations of patinas make her talent for painting apparent.
The women that Riordan sculpts are "real". "Real women" intensely involved in the expression, experience or exploration of an emotion or feeling. Her works are embodied of thoughts that have been shared by women throughout time.
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