Robert Thornley donates Nightwind sculpture

Beautifies entrance garden

by curtis riggs

COURTESY PHOTO

Cave Creek Sculptor, Robert Thornley, presents his sculpture “Nightwind” to DFL Director, Kris Proskus.

    CAVE CREEK – Local sculptor Robert Thornley donated one of his favorite sculptures, “Nightwind” to the Desert Foothills Library recently in appreciation of the library over the years.
    Nightwind, a pale limestone piece with two heads at the top of its upper curve, depicting a man and woman, now sits in a tiny garden just to the left of the library’s new entrance. The heads of the two people are cradled in the curves of the stone.
    Thornley’s piece helps beautifies the entrance of the renovated library just as stone gardens and waterfalls make the back of the recently-completed nearly four million dollar library more beautiful.
    “The library has been extremely good to me,” Thornley said about all the books on tape he has enjoyed while driving or sculpting over the years.
    Thornley, a self-taught sculptor, began his art career by carving on wood. He later moved on to marble and limestone. His work comes from the heart and he feels the natural forces of wind and water help to shape his pieces.
    To learn more about Robert Thornley’s work visit his website, www.robertthornley.com.

Artist and Gallery Guide

To be listed in the Gallery Guide,
call Wendy at 480-488-2021, ext. 33

Beth Zink Studio
480-538-5428 • 480-980-3848 cell
33444 N. 55th St., Cave Creek
Open: By appointment
Original acrylic paintings of desert
botanicals and landscapes by Beth Zink
www.bethzinkart.com

Blue Amazon Studio
480-595-9525 • By appointment only
Spiritual, Energetic, Abstract oil, acrylic
and mixed media by Micky Jansen.
www.blueamazon.net

Blue Coyote Gallery
480-488-2334 • 6145 E. Cave Creek Rd.
Open: 10-5 M-F, 10-5:30 Sat, 11-4 Sun
Western and Southwestern fine art &
custom furniture with an emphasis on
Arizona based artists and artisans
www.bluecoyotegallery.com

BRIO Fine Arts Center
480-941-8310
8340 E. Raintree Dr. C6, Scottsdale
Visual and performing arts. A multifaceted
instructional and exhibition
center for all age groups.
www.briofinearts.com

Budge Studio
480-595-9985 • Cave Creek
Open: By appointment
Original oil paintings of the Sonoran
Desert and animal portraits by Linda
Budge “Master of Expression”
Commissions available
www.lindabudge.com

Jd Challenger Gallery
480-575-1546
37555 N. Hum Rd., Carefree
Open: 10-6 T-Th; 11-7 F-Sat; 12-6 Sun
Jd Challenger paints the history and traditions
of our nation’s first citizens.
Commissions available.
www.jdchallenger.com

Level 9 Gallery
480-329-6118
6552 E. Cave Creek Rd.
Open: Tues. - Fri., 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sat. by appointment only

Mountain Studio
480-595-2443
6033 E. Skyline Dr., Cave Creek
Open: By appointment
• Fine Art Oil paintings, originals, Native
American, Southwestern by Judith Durr
www.judydurr.50megs.com
• Original Fine Art Sculpted Leather
Pictures, Southwest, western by Roger
Kull. www.rogerkull.50megs.com

Nickel Creek Gallery
480-575-0012
6501 E. Cave Creek Rd.
Open: Daily, 10-6
SW, Contemporary-Collector art.

Treasures in Art
480-585-9800
8711 E. Pinnacle Peak Rd., Scottsdale
Open: 10-4 M-Sat, 12-4 Sun or appt.
Southwest, and Western art by local
and regional artists

To be listed in the Gallery Guide, call Wendy at 480-488-2021, ext. 33