Artists > Michelle Tock York

Michelle Tock York’s sculptures usually consist of clay and found object assemblages based on the collections of cast off treasures and her sketchbook narratives.
My parent’s passion for nature, story telling, and art played a large role in the artist/person I have become. I am a quiet lover of stories, fairy tales, a utopian realm, and the product of my parents. My mother was ever the talker, poet and gardener and my father a sculptor and dreamer. I find beauty in the world that isn’t quite perfect, in the asymmetry of people, places and things. You can see this in the exaggeration of disproportion in my figures and complementary colors in the backgrounds of the paintings. I speak through my hands with the molding of the clay, and I have a profound fondness for the texture of a fingerprint. I thrill at the hunt for salvaged relics, and the sense of unity as I bring together these disparate elements for your contemplation.
I prefer to connect with others through my art, granting each piece a voice to tell its own story. Many of my pieces whisper a modern take on the classic “Grimm’s Fairy tale”. There is a moral hidden somewhere in the story of each sculpture, and who knows – it could be as simple as taking the time to discover your own splendor.
Artist Gallery
Persephone's Offering
Persephone's Offering detail
Time in the Rabbit Hole
Fat Nat the Insatiable Brat
Fat Nat the Insatiable Brat detail
M's Giving Tree
M's Giving Tree detail 1
M's Giving Tree detail 2
Concealed Envy detail - SOLD
Concealed Envy - SOLD
Sweet Potato
Of The Clouds
Copper - SOLD
Daisy
Inside My Head
Inside My Head detail
Sleeping Lady
Fairy Girl
Dreams and Memories
Dreams and Memories back side
The Mouse and Me SOLD
The Mouse and Me SOLD
Daughter of the Blue Moon, Steward of the Forest SOLD
Handy's Obsession with the Moon SOLD
Cinn Bun - SOLD
Magdalena SOLD
Magdalena detail SOLD
Armbsy's Light SOLD
Armsby's Light detail SOLD
Earth Mother SOLD
Edith Ann Repurposed SOLD
Vern's Wife front view SOLD
Vern's Wife detail SOLD
Winged Intimations SOLD
Winged Intimations detail SOLD
Winged Intimation background detail SOLD
Emile SOLD
Emile detail SOLD
Little Sugar SOLD
Josephinen SOLD
Josephine front detail SOLD
Glenda the Good - SOLD
Baldwin SOLD