Victoria Banks

After 20 years in the animation business sculptor Vicki Banks knows how to bring a character to life in subtle ways. Whether it is an introspective moment as an ice-skater ties a bootlace or the private thoughts of a giraffe as it perambulates the savanna, she captures fleeting moments in her subjects’ lives.

To Banks, bronze is the perfect medium. She loves it permanency, its range of colors and textures. Even in an edition of several bronzes each piece is lovingly and individually worked on until it is just right then matched to its own individual base, making each piece completely unique.

Originally trained as a sculptor, Banks spent many years in animated films working with companies such as Disney, Dream works, Warner Bros. and Jay Ward. More recently she returned to her first love, sculpture, and now exhibits in art shows and galleries throughout California, Arizona, Idaho and Utah.