The Art of Travel - Austin, TX
“Most of our pieces were acquired during or inspired by our travels. We were software executives: work took us around the U.S., and vacations and scuba diving allowed us to explore the world. We completed more than two hundred dives; in the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America, Fiji, Palau. Diving is the most incredible sport, it’s meditative and relaxing. You’re weightless and you’re taught to breathe slowly and deeply; floating while you watch the most incredible colors, shapes and creatures you’ve ever seen.
The mask collection started in Toronto, where I went on a business assignment in the late 1970’s. Every day on my walk to the subway I would pass an African art shop, and I fell in love with one of the pieces. From then on, if I saw a mask that really grabbed me I would buy it. The Maori mask in the sale is from museum store in New Zealand, which we visited for our our 35th wedding anniversary. We still remember how much we loved the Maori dancers.
Ours is really a two-generation collection, many of our pieces were inherited from Steve’s parents, who lived on an island in Puget Sound. We have Seattle to thank for our love of glass art and one of our favorites items in the sale— a clock by Robert Massa. —Jackie
Listed Artist Joseph Boulton "White Mountain Lion" Statue
Sterling Silver Choker
Hans Frabel 1985 Art Glass Sculpture
Listed Artist Sally J. Bright 2001 Basketry Sculpture
Handmade Speckled Mask
Mary Narum Sculpture of Reclining Mother and Child
1982 Listed Artist Sonja Blomdahl Art Glass Bowl
Ghanaian Figural Sculpture
"The Vision" Resin Sculpture by Listed Artist, Krishna Reddy
Listed Artist, Sally J. Bright 1999 Basketry Sculpture
Reproduction Huichol Kuka Beadwork Mask
Pair of Reproduction Dan Tribal Style Masks
Multi Media Decorative Folk Art Facial Mask
Hand-carved Pyrogravure Coiled Rattlesnake Sculpture
Circa 1980 Signed Young & Constantin Hand- blown Blue Art Glass Conical Vase
Limited Edition 1972 Woodblock Print of "Llama" by Listed Artist, Jacques Hnizdovsky
Signed Jacques Hnizdovsky Woodcut Print "Group of Sheep"
Mid Century Modern Tom Tru Square Mirror
Limited Edition, 1977 Original Color Woodcut "Khartoum" by Terry Parmalee
Oaxacan Carved Wood Bull by Carlos Morales
Ceramic Sculpture of Man with Animal
Limited Edition, 1970 Woodblock Print of "Flamingo" by Listed Artist, Jacques Hnizdovsky
Paul Sumner Hand-carved Wood Fish Wall Sculptures
Concepcion Aguilar Oaxacan Folk Art Hand-painted Insects
Ornate Stained Glass Mask
Hand Woven Zapotec Style Fish Rug
Glass Sculpture by Artist Stephen Procter
Pair of Hand-carved Wooden Bowls
Pair of Sterling Silver Rings
Alva Museum Replica of Carved Figure
Listed Artist Sonja Blomdahl Double Bubble Art Glass Vase
Oaxacan Hand Carved Pelican by Carlos Morales
14K Two-Tone Gold and Diamond Engagement Ring
Blown Glass Chili Peppers
Framed Photograph of "South Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas" by Kip Holm
Listed Artist Sonja Blomdahl Blown Glass Art Vase
Dale Chihuly 1999 Two-Piece Purple Seaform Glass Sculpture
"Pour Robie" Etching From Pablo Picasso Original Plate
Oaxacan Woodcarvings of Coyote and Artist Signed Lemur
14K White Gold Diamond Ring
Oaxacan Carved Wood Polar Bear by L. Pablo
Sterling Silver and Pink Sapphire Ring
Limited Edition, 1975 Woodcut Print "Kiwi" by Listed Artist, Jacques Hnizdovsky
Oaxacan Carved Wood Frog and Art Book
Vintage Russell Wright Gravy Boat and Tray
Artist Signed Oaxacan Carved Wood Lizard and Frog
Pre-Columbian Figural Sculpture
Curtis Scott Raku Vase
Listed Artist Sonja Blomdahl Art Glass Vase
Terracotta Mesoamerican Style Man with a Walking Stick
Rustic Pottery Vase with Nodules
Russell Wright Seafoam Blue American Modern Dinnerware and Book
Handmade Artisan Wall Clock by Robert Massa
Reproduction Colima Dog Effigy Vessel
Pair of Copperized Baby Shoes
Set of Sterling Collector Spoons and More
Sterling Silver Rings
Ornate Hand-painted Porcelain Garden Stool
Pottery Bowl with Fish Design and Wicker Edge
Animals & Co. Fish Teapot with Bamboo Handle
Earthenware Teapot and Teacups
Mary Narum Original Clay Sculpture "Seeing Clarie Home"
Sculpture of a Woman and Baby
Pair of Trays and Wooden Pioneer Flour Mills Box
Ceramic Sculpture of Mesoamerican Jaguar Warrior
Japanese Kutani Vases
Glazed Earthenware Pottery Vase
Assortment of Baskets and Pottery
Small Terracotta Mesoamerican Figure
Favorite item in the collection:
Steve: A tabletop glass sculpture by Stephen Procter
Jackie: A sentimental favorite; an oil and acrylic on masonite that Steve painted as a young man.
Your collecting philosophy?
If you want it, buy it. Once, while in Montreal on business, we saw painting we both really liked, but it was very expensive and we didn’t buy it. We wished we had; it stayed on our minds. From then on, our philosophy became: if you have an emotional reaction to it, take it home.
Piece you’re most excited will have a second life:
A large fiber art wall hanging that we commissioned from Sally J. Bright. It hung on a two story wall in our living room and is shaped like the sea, it kind of looks like a shell. We’re thrilled to find it a new home.
The best-kept secret in Austin?
There are no secrets anymore! Every time something great comes along, everyone finds out.
