Bernadette Hess Carman About the Artist Bernadette "B" Hess Carman, well known figurative sculptor, is a 1942 Newkirk High School graduate. After high school, Carman graduated from St. Joseph School of Nursing in Ponca City and worked many years as a registered nurse. Carman, a renowned sculptor, is a creator of "people" with her portraiture in multi-media, but primarily in various clays which are fired and ultimately cast in bronze limited editions. Carman's sculpture truly conveys a unique "moment of truth" when the emotion of the piece touches the viewer. Her work varies from busts to full figures in both miniatures and life size. Carman and her husband Revis live in Pearland, Texas, near Houston. She is a member of the Houston Art League, Art League of Galveston, and the Hill Country Art League of Ingram, Texas. She has shown her work at several galleries in southeast Texas and Oklahoma as well as in the Sam Houston memorial Museum in Huntville, Texas. She has also executed several private commissions. Carman also often goes into the public schools and presents art lessons free of charge to the students as an artist-in-residence. This gifted, talented woman has given Newkirk and Kay County a unique and priceless gift to celebrate our pioneer heritage and centennial. As a result of her contribution and lifetime accomplishments, she was chosen as a 1993 member of the Newkirk High School Hall of Fame. Her larger than life bronze creation, "Land Of Hope" was dedicated on Saturday, September 17, 1994, one year and one day after the 100th Anniversary of the Opening of the Cherokee Outlet. The monument stands on a grassy knoll in front of the Kay County Courthouse in downtown Newkirk. Return To Newkirk Home Page NEWKIRK, OKLAHOMA HOMEPAGE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION BY THE NEWKIRK HERALD JOURNAL, P.O. BOX 131, NEWKIRK, OK., 74647 PHONE 580 362-2140 - email: robert@newkirkherald.com You Are Visitor Number: 11377