Polly Walker grew up in South America, returning to the United States as a teenager, where she attended Boston University School of Fine Arts and later the Art Students League in New York to study metal sculpture.
After exploring numerous different materials and mediums, including watercolor, egg tempera, ceramics, welded metal sculpture, papier mache, and etching, she primarily focused on painting on shaped or cutout wood panels with oil and acrylic paints, managing to incorporate the three dimensionality of sculpture with the infinite colour possibilities of painting.
Upon moving to the Southwest, she became intrigued with the colour and textural range of fibers, and began to make felt, presently living in Idyllwild, California, where she makes felted wool and silk and wool wall piece.
Examples of felted work:
Example of her paintings on wood:
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