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Casey Eskridge grew up in rural Indiana, the son of a farmer. He spent his time “playing sports and being outdoors”.  Eskridge is best known for a “naturalistic approach to the figure, recognizing human imperfections and the character within the figure".   Eskridge, who earned his bachelor's degree from the Herron School of Art and Design in 1997  received his Master of Fine Arts degree in 2002 from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  He works from his home, a "converted church built in 1873 in the southern Chester County", in Avondale, Pennsylvania, as a professional sculptor.
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