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Alice is not only a sculptor and a painter, but also a published author. She wrote a book based on memories of a summer trip taken to the south of France when she was eleven. Alice was picturing a sundial, when she thought, "I mark none but the sunny hours." This inspired the title of the book, Sunny Hours. Alice also has three stories published in Rush Hour, a collection of short stories about a reading program for children in the inner-city.

Stories by Alice Usher

Alice has fond memories of travels with her family. She recalls the summer that her husband, Roland was on sabbatical and he and Alice traveled to Europe with their four children. They visited Italy, Sicily, France, England, and Scotland. They did quite a bit of camping and bought a Fiat in Naples. It had six seats so they could fit the family inside and pack tents and sleeping bags on top. Alice also lived in a flat in London for a year. It was there that she began to create her fabric art. Bits of fabric and embroidery became pictures of London flats or street scenes.

London Wall - Fabric and Embroidery - 22x 17

Alice created a series of sculptures, using biblical figures to represent universal human emotions. Survival is a smiling Noah stepping off of the ark with animals cradled in his arms. Thomas is Doubt and Sarai exemplifies Amused Disbelief.

Peter - Denial and Paulus - Burning Zeal

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