July 17 – August 31
Kavanagh’s Connecticut Dealer, A.R.C. Fine Art, LLC, has relocated to Sagaponack, NY, where she has opened a new gallery at 26 Montauk Highway in Amagansett, NY. Her Second show in this location is titled Artists Meet the Sea: In Search of the Divine. 35 artists, many from Long Island, will be exhibiting work inspired by or related to this theme. While there is nothing “divine” about a tsunami, Kavanagh will be showing two pieces from her iconic Tsunami Project show at Blue Mountain Gallery in September, 2006, which attempted to reconcile the paradox of water as sustainer of life and form of natural beauty with its capacity for horrific destruction. Kavanagh’s show was favorably reviewed in the December 2006 issue of SCULPTURE Magazine.
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April – June
Work with Johnson Atelier as described in the March 15 – April 26 section of NEWS 2025 continued with two large-format St. Ives series sculptures carved as a homage to Barbara Hepworth, and a large-format reclining figure in Kavanagh’s continuing AfterMoore series shown below. Produced in hard-coated polystyrene, and faux-finished to replicate grey granite, the sculpture measures 30 ½” H x 46 ½ L x 36” D and is mounted on a robust urethane base.
In addition to being less costly, the major advantage of faux-finished foam is its relatively light weight. Large-format bronze and stone sculptures of similar size and complexity as Kavanagh’s work with Johnson Atelier would likely cost between 30% – 40% more, and could only be moved by crane. Had AfterMoore been carved from granite, it would weigh over 1,000 pounds, whereas in hard-coated foam it can be easily carried by two people. To learn more about Kavanagh’s work with Johnson Atelier, CLICK HERE
News 2025
October 25 – November 22
Kavanagh previewed her new St. Ives series at a juried show at the Washington Art Association called “Go Big” where artist members were asked to submit work in any media no smaller than 36” x 36.”Of over 240 submissions, Kavanagh was one of only 35 artists chosen to represent the show. The sculpture Kavanagh exhibited is called St. Ives IV, a two-part, auto- painted hard-coated form inspired by the work of pioneering artist Barbara Hepworth. Measuring 48” High x 36” Wide and 37” deep, the sculpture was fabricated from a scan of Kavanagh’s hand-carved maquette by Johnson Atelier in Hamilton, NJ. St. Ives IV is also available in cast bronze and milled stone.
October – Significant Installation
A collector in Metairie, Louisiana, installed a large stone sculpture from Kavanagh’s Wing Form series in a garden designed by a charming lady he refers to as his “Better Half.” Carved in 2021 from Brazilian steatite, the sculpture, titled Wing Form IV, measures 28” H x 36 ½” W x 11” D, and is mounted on a two-tier Absolute Black granite base. Also designed by the collector’s “Better Half,” the pedestal’s textured sides, specially fashioned to complement the unique patterns in the stone, look particularly dramatic at night. Other Kavanagh Wing Form sculptures have been placed in the Yale New Haven, CT, Smilow Cancer Hospital (Carrara marble), and private residences in San Francisco (polished bronze) and Hawaii (stainless steel).
March 15 – April 26
At this year’s Washington Art Association Member Show in Washington Depot, Connecticut, March 15 – April 26. I will be exhibiting the first sculpture I have ever had milled from a 3D scan of one of my carved maquettes. Given the interplay between its two components, I have named the sculpture GUARDIAN, attempting to convey the monumentality of a strong, calm and protective presence. Because the sculpture has been produced in faux-finished hard coated foam, it can be offered at an enormous savings compared with what it would cost had it been carved from stone or cast in metal. For details, CLICK HERE
News 2024
March 9 – April 7
Following my AfterMoore series in which I revisited Henry Moore’s reclining figures to adapt some of his classic poses to my personal style, I decided to expand my modernist explorations to encompass other iconic sculptors who have long informed my work. Tentatively titled More After Moore, this new series borrows from iconic modernists like Picasso, Arp, Lipschitz, Weber and Archipenko. My intention is to abstract to a point where an actual figure or gesture can still be imagined from what I’ve carved, but the carving itself bears little semblance to the physical reality that inspired it.
As my progenitors demonstrated long ago, if the form itself is engaging and invites speculation, the viewing experience can be enhanced. Apparently, this was the case at the 2024 Washington Art Association’s Members Show, March 9 – April 7, where a refined maquette for bronze casting titled, Hortense & son bébé Delphine, won a prize. So far, I have finished several of these figurative maquettes, all named after French women.
Hortense & son bébé Delphine
Auto-painted resin maquettes for bronze casting
Hortense 15.6” High x 17” Wide x 19.3” Deep
Delphine 7.9” High x 8.5” Wide x 11.3” Deep
January 27 – March 10
ELEMENTS, an artfully crafted exhibition at A.R.C. Fine Art, 3113 Bronson Road, Fairfield, CT 06824, paired Kavanagh’s sculptures with the abstract paintings of Charlie Miesmer. The show, which was enthusiastically received, opened on January 27 and ran through March 10, 2024. Three sculptures were sold.
Click here to see sculptures on display.
News 2023
November – Significant Sale
Oval Edge Form XXI, a bronze from Kavanagh’s Oval Edge Form series, was installed on the terrace of a New York apartment where floor to ceiling glass walls enable viewing it from all interior rooms.
October — Notable Sales
Two of Kavanagh’s carvings from her Ancient Musings series inspired by carvings of mid-Neolithic to early Bronze Age people living between the Danube river valley and the Mediterranean from 5200-1200 BCE, were sold to collectors in New York and Westport, CT. According to archaeologists, the surroundings and societies of these people were bequests of a Mother Goddess who governed all aspects of their lives. The hieroglyphs they carved were components of a complete ideological system that survived well into the early Christian era. As a modernist sculptor, Kavanagh was intrigued by how “modern” their iconography appears.
FERTILITY – Snakes winding across double eggs symbolize nuclear life force and coming into being within a swirling cosmos.
REGENERATION – This mandala evokes the lunar cycle and the regenerative role of the Mother Goddess in the cycles of birth, death, and rebirth.
September – Important Exhibition
From August 30 to September 30, Graham Shay 1857, the oldest and one of the most prestigious fine art galleries in New York, hosted a solo exhibition of Kavanagh’s Oval Edge Form series sculptures surrounded by modernist paintings and detailed in the digital catalog below. Beautifully installed, the show was extensively promoted on the Internet by online retailers like ARTSY and Galleries Now, broadening awareness of Kavanagh’s artistic talent to a new level among art-knowledgeable collectors.
Visit the catalog here
August – Surprising Exposure
Jane Beiles, a photographer who has documented several of Kavanagh’s shows, is publishing what she has titled: A PICTURFUL PLANNER FOR INSPIRATION AND ORGANIZATION. The planner includes two of Kavanagh’s bronze sculptures from her AfterMoore series. The planner will be released for holiday gift-giving no later than December 1st for sale on Amazon, select local retailers, and through www.janebeiles.com.
January – February – Striking Installation
Kavanagh’s first stone carving in her AfterMoore series was exhibited at the Washington Art Association’s Member’s Show, January 14 – February 12, 2023. The Washington Art Association is located at 4 Bryan Memorial Plaza, Washington Depot, CT 06794. The two-part sculpture was carved from two triangular-shaped blocks of Brazilian steatite, each weighing about 280 lbs. and mounted on an Absolute Black granite base. The sculpture measures 22”L x 13”W x 13 ½”H.
