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Contemporary Sculptor-Modern Abstract Painted Steel Sculpture > click image to enlarge
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"Leaf Series" 2004-05
My Leaf Series was one of the most playful Modern Contemporary Sculpture Series I have done. The pieces on this page were some of the last Abstract Sculpture from this Series tittled "Leafs" for obvious reasons but not so obvious in Abstract Sculptural Terms. It was the first time I had involved Colorful Painted Steel Sculpture into my oeuvre. I had been Conceptual and Pure in my Vision up to this point. I decided to break loose and use bright vivid colors for the first time. I had previously used Natural Hues derived from the materials I used such the Grey in my Concrete Sculpture, or Natural Hues that came from series such as such my early Wood Sculpture. When I began building Volumes in Steel it proved to be a great material for producing fine angles, I stuck to palette of Black and White as Steel requires a coating to prevent rusting, unless rusted Modern Abstract Sculpture is your intention. In these Modern Contemporary Sculptures I tried to push the limits of the material in Steel by using relatively thin dowels as my primary structure. Working in Steel I was able to achieve visual and physically delicate proportion do to the nature and strength of the material. Pushed the limits of the material while adhering to the physical properties of engineering the Sculpture to be structurally sound. My Leaf Sculptures are actually Radius Lines I created with the Steel Dowels and Circles in Space created by the Circumferences of the so called Leafs placed in opposition.This was a Fun Series of Modern Contemporary Sculpture and worked well as Outdoor Sculpture in Architect Landscaping as well as Garden Landscaping by adding Color and Form to both Architectural and Natural Environments. These Modern Leaf Sculptures proved to be light in both Visual and Physical Aspects. They took my work from a Objective scenario to a seemingly Subjective platform. To me these pieces are as Formal and Abstract as any I have done in the past. They were conceived with the same Concepts and Vocabulary of all my previous Abstract Sculptures, but have a Subjective quality, people see them as Leafs. This may be a good way to illustrate what you see is in Modern Art may not be at all what you are looking at from the Artists point of view. |