"Untitled drawing (vessel)" Drawing

I was born in Washington, D.C. in 1947. My life has been shaped by the making of my work. The work I have done has mostly been in the field of Sculpture. I have exhibited, taught, and maintained a high level of creative activity throughout my adult life. The convention I most frequently use in making sculpture is that of making work to be seen in the round. I have found that explaining the value of this is most easily achieved by comparing it to another convention: the nude. Both tend to reveal the empirical world, as well as the universe of personified forces of nature, history, and the psyche. They engender a sense of exposure of content to the vicissitudes of time and the elements. And, even at their most bombastic extremes, they inevitably refer to our vulnerabilities and selfconsciousness. Photo: David W. Steele