"Climb" Sculpture

Born 1977 in Portland, OR, USA.<br><br>Ian McNicol is a visual and installation artist based in Portland OR. He creates <br>sculpture and mixed-media in materials as diverse as stainless steel, cast polymer resin, reclaimed wood, found objects, and paint.<br><br>Ian has created work that is small and intimate, and has also been involved in many large scale public works as assistant to sculptor Bruce West. He takes inspiration <br>from the environmentboth urban and natural, as well as from human behavior and interaction. <br><br>Ian also makes hand-built electronic and acoustic instruments, and has been building electric guitars since he was fifteen. He is currently working on a series of electric ukuleles. Ian is a native Oregonian, and currently lives in Milwaukie, OR with his wife, his bald baby boy, and a cat who knows no fear.<br><br>Art is the process of wanting. It is the discovery of little truths from common experience. <br>Art is entirely human, and a reflection of the things we see and feel every day. <br>The more one observes of life the fewer answers there are to be found; only the questions grow deeper.<br><br>I believe the end result is that art is never fully black and white, but all the gray area in-between. <br>It is a series of puzzles and mysteries we can explore, but never fully solve.<br>