TONY DI FRANCESCO, a resident of Northern Virginia, grew up in South Jersey surrounded by farms. One of his earliest memories is digging up clay in the fields. Thats when he discovered his talent for sculpting. It wasn't until 1996 that he took his first sculpting class.  Over the years he's taken more classes at the Art League School and spent hours teaching himself anatomy. In 2008 he set up a Studio in the Loft Art Center, adjacent to the Gallery. Since then he has completed many new works and has become a juried artist at The Workhouse Art Center in addition to the Loft. 

"Most of my figure and portrait sculptures are realistic. Some are more stylized with exaggerated features or surreal in composition. My passion is to create sculptures that tell a story and compel people to touch, yielding to their immagination as the clay once yielded to my fingers. Thats when they're transformed from observers into participants."

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BRONZE SCULPTURES

The Journey - 9 x 15  x 10  Limited Edition-15 , Bronze on Granite Base	Prophecy - Draped - 9.5 x 11 x 8  Limited Edition-15,  Bronze on Granite Base	Prophecy - Undraped - 9 x 11 x 8  Limited Edition-15, Bronze on Granite Base	Prayer Before the Hunt - 9 x 15 x 10  Limited Edition -25,  Bronze on Granite Base
Faces of Mardi Gras - 8 x 16 x 7  Limited Edition-15,  Bronze on Granite Base	Faces of Mardi Gras (Spirit face inside).	Civilization - 8 x 9.5 x 8  Limited Edition -25, Bronze on Granite Base

RESIN  &  BONDED STONE SCULPTURES

Distant Thunder - 6.5 x 9.5  x 7.5  Resin with Dark Wood Finish, $195	If Trees Could See - 6.5 x 9.5 x 7.5  Resin with Med Wood Finish, $195	Sandcastle - 17 x 3 x 15   Resin and Bonded Stone , $95	Prom Night - Limited Edition -25, 11.5 x 15.5 x 7  Resin and Bonded Marble or Stone, $595. (also available in limited Edition Bronze)
Seduction - 16 x  21 x 9.5  Resin and Bonded Marble, $695	Another Lifetime - 7 x 10.5  x 6.5  Resin and Bonded Stone, $195	IMP - 6 x 11 x 6.5  Resin and Bonded Stone, $195	The Potter's Daughter - 11 x 16 x 9, Resin with Dark Wood Finish, $495

Tony or Dr D as he is known in his practice is a Clinical Psychologist  as well as a Sculptor. Tony is committed to sharing his skills as well as advancing them. This year he taught his first Sculpting Workshops for the AP Art students at Woodbridge HS. It was fun and inspiring to work with these wonderfully talented, uninhibited artists.

He was recently accepted into Andrew Cawrse's Advanced Anatomy Workshop and Richard MacDonald's Master Sculpting Workshop. For two weeks this summer It'll be a rare and exciting opportunity to learn from these renowned Sculptors including Edward Eyth.

In 2009 Some of Tony's sculptures were juried into three different Shows at the Art League Gallery. On August 13th, he will receive his first award in the same gallery at the Torpedo Factory. It is an Honorable Mention in the Washington Square Show for his sculpture, ' Civilization '.