Tiki Lounge Sculpture

Born 1977 in Portland, OR, USA.

Ian McNicol is a visual and installation artist based in Portland OR. He creates
sculpture and mixed-media in materials as diverse as stainless steel, cast polymer resin, reclaimed wood, found objects, and paint.

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
from the environmentboth urban and natural, as well as from human behavior and interaction.

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.

Art is the process of wanting. It is the discovery of little truths from common experience.
Art is entirely human, and a reflection of the things we see and feel every day.
The more one observes of life the fewer answers there are to be found; only the questions grow deeper.

I believe the end result is that art is never fully black and white, but all the gray area in-between.
It is a series of puzzles and mysteries we can explore, but never fully solve.