A monumental sculpture doesn’t “just happen”. And wonderful “accidents” don’t just happen either. A contemporary sculptor has spent years learning, experimenting, discovering shapes, lines, negative spaces and the relationship of all these elements to create a fabulous design. It is the maturity of the sculptor, not just age, but the maturity of the sculptor’s design process that assures the success of the large scale sculpture.
What could be more fulfilling and exciting than being in the studio creating sculpture? The stainless steel metal bends, forms, moves with the motionof the tools. The flat, cold hard metal becoming graceful, fluid shapes; individual shapes being encased on all sides with welding of the metal and then ground smooth to the touch. The final grinding of the surfaces of the metal allows the inner beauty of the stainless steel, highlighted by the shapes, to shine through. The juxtaposition of the different shapes becoming monumental sculptures!
When someone mentions public art the first thing that comes to mind is a large scale sculpture in a park, or maybe a corporation that has placed a contemporary sculpture in the front of their building. But, what about sculpture on private property that can be viewed by the general public?
“All Children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.” Pablo Picasso.
The most beautiful, heartfelt pieces of artwork are often created by children; a curvy line can be the feeling of a song, a circle filled in with yellow could be the warmth of a mother’s hug, or a squiggly line could be the thoughts of running and jumping. A child’s artwork is free-flowing and uninhibited by preconceived notions. As an artist, isn’t that what we are always striving for?
Then there was the neighbor that came out of her house yelling at Kevin to stop moving the sculpture that had graced a corner of the sculpture garden for a couple of years. Kevin looked at her quizzically as she explained that she could see that particualr sculpture from her kitchen window, had grown very fond of it, and didn’t want it moved.
