Priscilla Kapel (American, d. 2022), Tall Abstract Brutalist Sculpture

Circa 1970s, welded metal with applied paint and gilt, of figural and architectural form, signed to the underside.

48 x 19 x 13 in.

From the Collection of Sylvia Kerckhoff, first female mayor of Durham, North Carolina (1993-1997)

Priscilla grew up in Bronxville, New York. She began her formal school training at Ohio State University, with a major in fine arts with studies in ceramics, and a minor in chemistry. Her graduate work was done at Cranbrook Academy of Art, in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. The next year Priscilla married John Kapel, a design student at Cranbrook. They moved from New York to California and started a family. Good friend and metal sculptor, Ernesto Gonzales, mentored Priscilla in the art of welding and metal sculpture. A public large scale metalwork sculpture of Priscilla's titled The Castle can be found in the Upper East Side of New York City at 985 Fifth Avenue.

Priscilla later a studied Touch for Health, massage and bodywork, psychology, counseling, and biochemistry, eventually founding Bioenergy Balancing Center in Paolo Alto, California.

Good condition; minor areas of rubbing and surface abrasions to metal.