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GROSSE POINTE NEWS, JULY 30, 2009
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Longtime sculptor Janice Trimpe brings life and tight to each of her
pieces.
Art as large as life
ByAmySalvagno
StaffWriter*'
She has immortalized in
bronze the famous and powerful,
the heroes of hometowns
and hearts, the young
taken too soon, and the wrinkles
of those whose wisdom
will last through the ages.,
In the more than 30 years
she's been molding her craft,
Grosse Pointe Park sculptor
Janice Trimpe has never favored
one over another.
"The one Pm working on is
always my favorite," she said
from her newly opened studio
only blocks from her home. "I
enjoy the process. Like the
creator himself, I don't feel
any closer. It's an amazing
feeling."
vT^impe has become one of
Michigan's premier monument
sculptors, doing many
private and public commissions.
In the last seven years
alone, she's created 33 lifesize
statues and 11 monuments
throughout the state.
In conjunction with the 50th
anniversary of the Mackinac
Bridge, her replica of an iron-
Worker was placed in a park
near the state landmark to
honor the men on the job. Her
depiction of a grandfather
playing checkers with his
granddaughter sits on the
streets of Mount Clemens, a
tribute to some of her own
memories.
To honor his memory,
Trimpe was asked to sculpt a
7-year-old boy who died from
injuries during a skiing accident.
And she created a sixperson
scene commemorating
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PHOTOS BY RENEE LANDUYT
Sculptor Janice Trimpe, centei; intermingles with friends at the opening of her new studio in Grosse Pointe Park.
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Trimpe has come a long
way in a career she didn't discover
until her 30s. She was
making dresses — without
patterns — as a 10-year-old.
By age 17, she was a hairdresser.
She began oil painting
in her early 20s, a talent
she says her parents probably
recognized because she was
always-* *eteawing^ i& t her
Catholic school classes.
At 27, the Grosse He native
and single mother of three
tried her hand at pottery,
where she learned to perfect
portraitures. That same
teacher encouraged her to
pursue her newfound passion
at the Center for Creative
Studies.
Trimpe can still hear her
voiceK'Don't let a talent?
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After 12 weeks at CCS, she
was given her own on-campus
studio to work and create.
Three years later, Trimpe
set up a studio in a space she
rented for free from her father,
where she not only taught, but
sculpted portrait busts in the
window. Her work there attracted
the attention of many
"attd^over the n'e$&$few
eluding former Michigan Gov.
G. Mennen Williams and
Mikhail Baryshnikov.
Trimpe got her big break in
1983, commissioned to sculpt
a bronze — her first life-size
— of former Mayor Orville
Hubbard, waving as if in a parade,
for the lawn of the
Dearborn City Hall.
In 1991, Trimpe settled in
the Pointes, opening her first
shop in 1996 on Charlevoix in
the Park. There, she began
-her series' of i>ronze coHefe
s, some of which have
#§§91 displayed in galleries
around the country: All About
Being a Woman depicts
women's thoughts, feelings
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A young admirer looks at Trimpe's bronze sculptures of children.
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Marilyn Beardslee was
named to the Dean's List at
Spring Arbor University for the
spring 2009 semester. She is
the daughter of William and
Gloria Beardslee of Grosse
Pointe Woods.
• ••
Jessica M. Palfly graduated
from Colby College in
Waterville, Maine where she
was also named to the Dean's
List. The Grosse Pointe South
High School graduate is the
daughter of John and Carla
Palffy of. Grosse Pointe Park.
• ••
Patricia A. Lawlis of Grosse
Pointe Farms has been named
to the Dean's. List at
Northwestern University for
the 2009 spring quarter. '
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William J. Kraus HI, son of
William and Rebecca Kraiis of
Grosse Pointe Woods, graduated
from the University of
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and actions at various times
of the day; My Inner Child
features sculptures that range
from 14 inches to 3 feet and
capture children's emotions,
including curiosity and playfulness;
and The Human
Spirit includes a waiter, a bag
lady and a wood carver.
In January, Trimpe made
the move to a storefront on
Kercheval in the Park — "a
street she says is lined with
powerful women — and celebrated
with a studio grand'
opening in May. Her studio is
dotted with her many accomplishments
while her workshop
is cluttered with ongoing'
projects and a shelf that
hoists a few that didn't make
it to the judges' table.
The process her figures go
through, whether life-size or
just a few inches tall, is, gritty,
involved and not without refining.
Skeletons covered
with clay eventually takS
shape as Trimpe carefully an