For the past year, “Unspoken” has been on exhibit in Lafayette, Colorado as part of their Art on the Streets program. I will retrieve the sculpture in April and bring it back to Oregon.
In July, it will become part of the Gallery Without Walls program in Lake Oswego. It will be mounted on the southeast side of 1st and Avenue A and will remain there through 2027. I am delighted to be participating in this excellent program which includes a number of sculptors whose work I admire. I am also flattered with the prime location the committee chose for my piece.
The video below shows the evolution of the concept from sketches through the 18” maquette titled Mind Meld, to the final 6’ steel, foam and fiberglass sculpture. When I created the original piece, I had not intended to enlarge it. For years, I had considered scaling one of my pieces. Encouragement came frequently from former employer, Marty Eichinger who, from our very first meeting, insisted I work bigger. When a pile of high density urethane foam scraps were offered to me, it was time to go large.
I am still holding enough foam to create another large piece. Many of my small sculptures will scale to a larger format.