The Big Kiss - A Valentine Sculpture
Valentine Kiss is a minimalist, Pop-art sculpture The piece is an abstract image of a woman - just long legs, hot lips, big kiss Her legs are clad in smoky silver, her cherry-red lips held playfully open The legs and base are made from solid steel, finished in anodized smoke-silver and varnished with linseed oil to present a sheen and prevent oxidation. The lips are cut art-glass mounted on a quarter-inch, rippled cast-glass slab. The wave of the ripples shows through the streaked red lips and catches the light in an especially striking manner. The base is industrial steel plate - in keeping with its pop-art heritage - that is finished to show a very gently mottled texture Both witty and, at the same time, a piece of serious art the sculpture projects a bold, sexy , eye-catching flair. Its combination of color, form and texture is sure to generate conversation I use recycled steel whenever I can find the quality and provenance of metal I need, but fine art-glass. The glass for Long Legs is from Kokomo. The original piece was bought for an apartment full of art-work in Manhattan. I would love to make one on commission for you. When you buy the sculpture we can work together on variations to the dimensions, the color and form of the lips and the finish on the steel. DIMENSIONS : L 21.5" / W 5" / H 14"
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I am a sculptor working in metal and glass. Sometimes singly, sometimes together. I find the simple expression of material to be visually pleasing, and often the stuff I have on hand will nudge my creative process. If the resulting piece awakens my visual sense with wonder, that counts as art for me.
I’ve arrived at sculpting after a heady and enjoyable journey through corporate life. I worked my whole career, twenty-seven years, at JPMorgan and all of that on its trading floors. So making art - and the solitude that accompanies it - are a striking counterpoint to the addictive buzz of life in the markets.
The short story reads like this: as an avid gardener I developed an interest to make large-scale metal art to add to the whimsy in my yard. My son, who was (and is) restoring a classic Alfa Romeo taught me how to weld; I followed this with a semester at the Silvermine School of Art. Many moons, more tools, much practise, the steady acquisition of technique (mostly from other artists and artisans) and I had learned much of what goes into my art now.
I like to use recycled steel whenever possible and I scavenge actively to collect old metal - there’s little more satisfying than cutting up and creating art from, say, an old corn planter.
Patina, texture and light fascinate me and play engaging roles in my sculptures.
My wife (an art photographer among her other talents) and I collect the works of (mainly) American craftspeople - glass makers, ceramicists, wood-workers, textile artists, sculptors - and seek out contemporary art, often at Sculpture parks. So making art is its own reward. Sharing it is even better.
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