Lorraine Vail is recognized for her intricate, mystifying bronze sculpture with unexpected and challenging shapes in her figures.  In her beautiful new studio environment, architecturally designed by Vail, she works in wax-based clay and subsequently works with the foundry to cast the pieces in bronze using the ancient ‘lost wax’ method of casting.   With no particular boundaries, she creates unpredictable beings, seemingly at times drawn from Western or mythological folklore.  The spontaneous form of mystical figures intrigues the artist and our inner mind often seems to dwell in the subtle places that Vail invents.  The newest works continue to challenge us in many intriguing ways with her inventive use of ether world creatures.  The results provide a ‘dialog without words’ that evolves from her creative mind.