Born in 1950 in Utah and raised in Washington state, Annette grew up constantly drawing. One of her pivotal influences was visiting the 1964 World’s Fair in New York City as a child. There she saw Michelangelo’s “Pieta,” on loan from the Vatican in Rome. She was greatly moved by this magnificent beauty.
Annette studied at Brigham Young University, followed by the University of Utah and the Art Academy of Cincinnati, Ohio. Primarily using oil-based clay, she creates figurative pieces cast in bronze for commissions, special projects, and galleries. She is represented by Illume Gallery West, Phillipsburg, Montana.
Her first monument was “Saint Clare” for the Saint Clare Catholic Hospital in Weston, Wisconsin. Currently, she has more than ten monuments in permanent collections all over Utah.
Some of her most notable local sculptures include: “The Watermaster” [Saint George, Utah.] “Sandman” [Santa Clara, Utah]. “Dr. Andrew Barnum,” 6’ bronze monument [Utah Technical University, St. George]. “Levi Savage Monument,” 6’ memorial with 24” bronze portrait bust and 4 bronze bas reliefs depicting the history of early pioneer, Levi Savage, [Toquerville, Utah]. “Juanita Brooks Monument,” 6’ bronze sculpture
Website: annette-everett.com
Gratitude – 2025
$9,400 – 22″ x 26″ x 12″ – Bronze
Sponsored by Pica Rica American Barbeque
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Surrounded by three bending peasants intent on their work, one stands with her face uplifted and gives thanks. When we lived in the Midwest, we often visited the Chicago Institute of Art to see a favorite painting, Jules Breton’s “Song of the Lark.” The painting shows a peasant woman standing in a field at dawn. Her day promises to be filled with never-ending labor like every other day. But she is transfixed as she hears the song of a lark in the sky high above her. In that moment, she is lifted out of her drudgery and has a moment of hope. All this shows on her face. That was my first inspiration for this sculpture, “Gratitude.” Like the single leper who returned to give thanks to the Lord for his miraculous healing, this sculpture shows one who remembers to be grateful.
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The World Is Mine – 2024
$8,200.00 • Bronze • 24x24x17
I am a realist sculptor and earth is my medium. I work in oil-based clay cast in traditional bronze. One of my earliest influences was seeing Michelangelo’s “Pieta” on loan from the Vatican in the 1964 World’s Fair. It became a key inspiration in my art life. My goal is to depict shared experiences and communicate universal principles. Using clay and symbolism, I try to show the expressiveness of the human experience. J. Leo Fairbanks, of the outstanding Fairbanks sculpting family, wrote his artist statement as a poem, and I echo his thoughts: “Art is for service; for making things beautiful as well as useful; for lifting man above the sordid things that grind and depress; to give a joyous optimism in one’s work; to realize transitory hopes in enduring tangible material; to visualize ideals and to idealize realities.
Contemplation – 2023
This female figure sits quietly on her lily pad beside still water. Deep in thought, she has laid her head down on her raised knees to quietly contemplate the dribble of water coming through her fingers.
