N. Carolina Artist Creates Truly Unique Nativities

THE DISPATCH
By Rebekah Cansler McGee

Judy King holds one of her unique clay-sculpted nativity creations
that shows Mary and Joseph on the ground with Baby Jesus.

NORTH CAROLINA---Life is not flawless, and despite historical renderings where the nativity scene was picture-perfect, the story of Mary and Joseph included real people, in a real place at a real time, and their life might have been just be a bit messy, too. That untidiness of life is reflected in the sculptures of artist Judy King of Lexington. King creates religious art, taking stories from the Bible and putting a realistic spin on their tale. She has sculpted a figurine of Joseph and the coat of many colors, she has created many angels, but around Christmastime, she works on bringing the story about the birth of the Christ child to life. King, the wife of the Rev. Tom King of Grace Episcopal Church, relocated to Lexington about nine years ago from Lexington, Texas. Before moving to Lexington, N.C., she graduated from Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, with a degree in art history. [link]