Carolee Bodie

San Diego, CA, USA
Discipline: Visual Arts
Media: Ceramics, Drawing, Painting

"My disability has opened new creative paths for me and taught me to view life as a grand adventure. I am, in a sense, reborn." Carolee Bodie first worked with clay in high school and has returned to art after a 30-year hiatus. She is also faced with a new challenge: In the spring of 2001, she experienced a stroke that left the right side of her body paralyzed. Bodie is right handed and was forced to learn how to work with her left side in order to continue to make art. Today, she is regaining some function on her right side and is confident working with her left arm. Bodie has had a long fascination with the human form and focuses her sculpture and drawings on human subjects.