Lois J. Need

In April and May 2005 artist Lois Need, celebrates her 80th birthday. In spite of her years as a dedicated mother of six children and stepmother to me and my sister, and wife to my father, she is a fine artist - a sculptor and a watercolorist.

Through all the years and children she has managed to maintain her interest and enthusiasm in making art and has transmitted that interest to her kids. They are all creative in their own way, whether it be with painting, sculpture, photography, jewelry making, furniture making, knitting, and architectural design and drawing.

 

This month her children are celebrating Lois' 80 years with a retrospective show of her paintings and sculptures at the Quercia Gallery in Duncans Mills. The difference with this show is that while Lois is the subject of celebration, it is her show, she is, as usual, celebrating her children and her friends at the same time by inviting them all to show their artworks side by side with her own.

Lois now lives in Fort Bragg CA where she attends sculpture classes at the local community college.