Click image for full-size view Bio: Artist since 1972. I have been carving stone, casting bronzes, painting in oils and making frescos from pigment. Masters degree from Radford University 1974. Recently as Sculpture Assistant and framer for Jamali (Jamali Fine Art) until the economy turned south. Statement: My main interest is the representational mysticism and expressionism of human existence. I look to portray the humanistic and dynamic figurative structures through four elements (structure, anatomy, design, expression).
Modern art can reflect meanings and to reveal insights to the viewer. The expressive impacts of art can reveal far more than the “photographic” accurate portrayal of an idea. Art has the energy to please, provoke, and lead us to reveal far more than the actual image. A work must guide the viewer through various means of texture, depth, contrasts, and tension between the elements. This provokes an understanding of kinetic energy as each element pushes, pulls, or overrides another.
Art as interpretive art goes back as far as man. Maybe the depiction of humans and animals were crude early in prehistoric times, but one only has to look at the cave drawings and see the spiritual interpretive intent. Ancient artists were skilled in portraying animals accurately. Some critics point to the man “sticks” to prove the skills were not available to the cave art. I contend the images were purposely depicted in a manner to allude to the mystical.
My work containes visual metaphors are alludes to the psychological and spiritual world. I want to transcend narrative content and to imply universally understood feelings and emotions. Today, a gnarled image may express violence or internal struggle. Colors laid in layers reveal depth in emotional turmoil. 4th dimensional aspects reveal many spiritual links to our world and also give us a glimpse of the deeper understanding of the world around us. .
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