Sculptor Carol Siegel from Wyomissing, Pa., has a series of 12 sculptures titled “Bathing Beauties” and six busts on display at Wildflowers Too in Barnegat Light. Gallery Manager Maggie Roedema described them as “extraordinary” and “great fun.”

‘Gent in Striped Suit’

Starting in grade school, Siegel funneled her fascination with faces into drawings, occasionally branching out into still lives, or abstracts. She later studied art education at SUNY New Paltz and parlayed her skills into a business career. She started in NYC with a well-known needlecraft kit company, she said.

“When one of the managers decided to start his own rival company (in Pennsylvania), I was recruited to run the design…