Raymond Wiger

Earlier works in clay and stone, both abstract and figurative, serve as a basis upon which the exploration into the realm of sculpture continues. From scraps of screen from a window and a fireplace to industrial hardware cloth, the work in wire mesh advances. Through present works examine the human form, inspiration is often drawn from the fluid patterns and lines of the natural world, while subject matter is born from classical mythology or the temporal act. The sculpting process, then, is a synthesis between impression and substance; yet the transition is one from the literal to the suggestive. Above all, the works are an attempt to express the beauty found when harmony among form, motion and emotion is realized.

Raymond Wiger was born in Washington, D.C. in 1960 and received his education in parochial and public schools and at the University of Maryland. From 1978 until 1992, he spent part of each year working at the Smithsonian Institution or the Library of Congress, and from 1982 through 1997 a part of each year working as a park ranger in National Parks across the United States. Each year he travels around the world living among other cultures while studying their history and art. Raymond Wiger's training in art is derived...

University of Maryland - Sociology