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Sculpture, Stone on Other
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Have you ever had a thought or idea, and through the process of time, additional thinking and perhaps even happenstance, some type of divine intervention actually transformed your idea into something entirely different? Well, this process, is an example of how “Creative Self Expression” works when we allow ourselves to be receptive to “the flow”. I give you this brief intro into Creative Thought as a means to describe how “Six Pac” made its entry into this world. Let the story begin: Several years ago, I began working on a beautiful piece of pink alabaster. The dimensions and color inspired me to create a sculpture having a human form in mind. The female torso I had in mind was quite voluptuous and as I began chiseling at the pink alabaster, “the muses” directed me into a different direction, and the bone and muscular structure that began to emerge was more male than female! Was this the process of metamorphosis at work? What exactly was happening? At that point I decided to take a long pause and a few years passed by before I re-visited my “friend”, the male/female torso! Then this past July, I was commissioned to create five fused glass sculptures as trophies at the Naples Sports Festival Body Building competitions held at The Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort in Naples. I thought, “what a perfect time to re-visit my unfinished, and yet “ungendered” “torso-in-waiting” and complete and introduce this torso at the competition event. As mentioned, pink alabaster torso begun years earlier and stored in my studio since them, that I had begun years earlier. As I worked the stone, it took on more muscular detail than I usually include in my torso sculptures and an incredibly well-defined male torso began to emerge. I guess the moral to this story is to allow your creative thought to express itself and this is exactly how I completed “Six-Pac”. He made his “debut” as part of my sculpture display at The Ritz-Carlton, Naples, this past August.
Sculpture:Stone on Other
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Size:15 W x 17 H x 8 D in
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As an Award winning sculptor my works are prominently displayed in private collections and public venues throughout North and South America. The more, avant garde statements that are made in the mixture of neon, led lights, metal, fused glass and stone media to elicit an excitement that occurs when the artist takes a quantum leap toward ingenuity. Whether realistic or abstract, the viewer's tactile senses are aroused with almost a sense of urgency to explore each form in greater depth than just visually. Born in New Jersey, Have spent most of my life on the Eastern coast of the U.S. Having an inherent artistic gift, I began sculpting in a primitive way at the age of five. Much of my schooling concentrated on the sciences. I received my Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology from C.W. Post College in 1967 where I also minored in sculpture. It was during these studies here that famed sculptor and professor, Alfred Van Loen, recognized my talent. After college I then completed four years at Temple University where I graduated with the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery in 1971. I traveled throughout the world at which time I acquired much knowledge about how and where various stones were quarried and how various civilizations had used them creatively throughout the centuries. Soon after my travels, I relocated to South Florida, which has remained my residence since 1972. I practiced general and cosmetic dentistry in the Ft Lauderdale area from 1972 to 2006 creating a dual career, dentistry and sculpture. Early on in my sculpting career, I worked under the same roof as famed sculptor Enzo Gallo. From a period of over the fifty years I have exhibited in many shows and has won over seventy awards and recognitions and have completed over six hundred works of art. My works are in private and corporate collections in North and South America. While in Ft. Lauderdale I owned an Art Gallery (Gallery 421) and created my works in my studio in Ft Lauderdale for over thirty years.. Some of my commissions include Saks FifthAve in New York and Michiagan as well as Temple Emanuel in Ft Lauderdale Florida In July ‘07 I relocated to Naples and has since the opened a studio and showroom located at the Artisan’s Plaza 5670 Shirley St in Naples, FL. Gallery representation : Gallery on Fifth, Mercato, North Naples, FL East West Fine Art,Naples,Fl Joel Shapses Sculpture Gallery, Naples,Fl
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