Claire Hagan Bauza
Claire Hagan Bauza knew she was an artist from childhood. In her formative years, she graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University with a bachelor of fine arts. She also obtained 2 art-related master’s degrees at The Ohio State University. She was an art teacher for many years, teaching at all grade levels. Her final years of teaching were at Fort Hayes in Columbus, a high school dedicated to the arts.
In 1996, Claire, together with artist Anne Cushman, identified a need for an independent printmaking studio in Columbus, Ohio. They opened the Phoenix Rising Printmaking Cooperative—an appropriate name as they literally built the site from the ashes. Phoenix Rising continues to thrive as a creative space for local printmakers.
Claire also served as the curator for the Fort Hayes art gallery as well as the curator for JACO’s art gallery when JACO was based at the JungHaus. In addition, she co-authored a book on the use of clay as a tool for learning.
The selections in this exhibit are works Claire produced from 1957 to 2010.
… I behold death, since it teaches me how to live. If you accept death, it is altogether like a frosty night and an anxious misgiving, but a frosty night in a vineyard full of sweet grapes. You will soon take pleasure in your wealth. Death ripens. One needs death to be able to harvest the fruit. Without death, life would be meaningless, since the long-lasting rises again and denies its own meaning. To be, and to enjoy your being, you need death, and limitation enables you to fulfill your being.……. Carl Jung
The Nesting Tree, 1996 - Watercolor
Spring Thaw, 1986 - Oil
Artemis Returns, 1993 - Hand-colored Etching
Forest Cathedral, 1989 - Linocut Print Collage
Fall Incantation, 2006 - Watercolor
Facing the Tower Series, c1993 - Oil
Cosmic Journey, 1990 - Watercolor
Wounded Tree, 1989 - Watercolor
Cider Press, 1957 - Oil on Paper
Walhalla Ravine, Fall c1994 - Reduction Linocut
Untitled (2008) - Watercolor
Forest Dancers, c1992 - Etching
White Owls, c1990 - Oil
Scioto Fall, ca1990 - Oil
Sky Mothers, 1994 - Hand-colored Etching
Untitled, c1996 - Watercolor
Untitled (2008)
Jenny (Age 16), c1982 - Pastel on Newsprint
Michigan Farm, c1986 - Oil Pastel
Mother of Trees, Ireland (Detail) - Watercolor
Mullett Lake Farm, 1989 - Reduction Linocut
River Bend, 1989 - Collagraph Print
Celestial Series, 1997 - Oil
Heron, Seattle Japanese Garden, 2010 - Watercolor
Homage to Frank Series, Part One, c1984 - Oil
House, c1956 - Etching
Irish Landscape, 2008 - Oil
Maiden, Mother, Crone - Watercolor
Emerging Woman - Oil
Barn, 1976 - Watercolor, Pen and Ink
Bones of the Desert Study, c1998 - Prisma Color Pencils
Barn, 1973 - Watercolor, Pen and Ink
Bones of the Desert, 2001 - Reduction Linocut Print
Cactus Series, 2001 - Oil
Summer Shade, 1997 - Oil