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1945 - 2006 Santa Fe, New Mexico. Known for: Ceramic mod animal sculpture.
From Mason, Texas, Gene Tobey and his wife Rebecca have worked as a team, creating brightly colored, somewhat abstract animals with elements of realism and with line drawings incised into the... Read full biography
From Mason, Texas, Gene Tobey and his wife Rebecca have worked as a team, creating brightly colored, somewhat abstract animals with elements of realism and with line drawings incised into the surfaces. Their work ranges from small objects to a fifteen-foot bronze bear at the Law School of Baylor... Read full biography
From Mason, Texas, Gene Tobey and his wife Rebecca have worked as a team, creating brightly colored, somewhat abstract animals with elements of realism and with line drawings incised into the surfaces. Their work ranges from small objects to a fifteen-foot bronze bear at the Law School of Baylor University. Tobey was born in Utah and began his career as a working potter and sculptor and teacher at Casper Community College in Casper, Wyoming. He was also a teacher in Albany, Oregon at... Read full biography
From Mason, Texas, Gene Tobey and his wife Rebecca have worked as a team, creating brightly colored, somewhat abstract animals with elements of realism and with line drawings incised into the surfaces. Their work ranges from small objects to a fifteen-foot bronze bear at the Law School of Baylor University. Tobey was born in Utah and began his career as a working potter and sculptor and teacher at Casper Community College in Casper, Wyoming. He was also a teacher in Albany, Oregon at Linn-Benton Community College. In 1985, he married Rebecca, and they combined five children into a family and started working together professionally. In the mid 1990s, they shifted away from ceramics to work in bronze and experiment with eye-catching patinas.... Read full biography
From Mason, Texas, Gene Tobey and his wife Rebecca have worked as a team, creating brightly colored, somewhat abstract animals with elements of realism and with line drawings incised into the surfaces. Their work ranges from small objects to a fifteen-foot bronze bear at the Law School of Baylor University. Tobey was born in Utah and began his career as a working potter and sculptor and teacher at Casper Community College in Casper, Wyoming. He was also a teacher in Albany, Oregon at Linn-Benton Community College. In 1985, he married Rebecca, and they combined five children into a family and started working together professionally. In the mid 1990s, they shifted away from ceramics to work in bronze and experiment with eye-catching patinas. Gene Tobey died at age 60 in Santa Fe, New Mexico of leukemia. So... Read full biography
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From Mason, Texas, Gene Tobey and his wife Rebecca have worked as a team, creating brightly colored, somewhat abstract animals with elements of realism and with line drawings incised into the surfaces. Their work ranges from small objects to a fifteen-foot bronze bear at the Law School of Baylor University.
Tobey was born in Utah and began his career as a working potter and sculptor and teacher at Casper Community College in Casper, Wyoming. He was also a teacher in Albany, Oregon at Linn-Benton Community College.
In 1985, he married Rebecca, and they combined five children into a family and started working together professionally. In the mid 1990s, they shifted away from ceramics to work in ...But wait, there's more...
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