Artist Statement

Sculpture Artist Statement
For my last project I want to follow my subject of sculpture. I would like to take it into its own element. Where did this stem from? My passion for sculpture started a long time ago, after seeing the limestone carved faces of the Romans and Greeks at the Museum of Fine Arts. I remember being very little and looking at pictures in books and hoping my play dough would magically transform itself. I've been compelled ever since, to attempt it. Though in this class and within my life time I haven't attempted lime stone or anything of the kind, sculpture fascinates me.
The Greeks had such an elegance and flow throughout there work. It resonates with a continuing line within a gesture. The predominant poses showing sophistication and royalty.
In the drawing aspect of art, I have been taught to make one line or three lines to create a figure that has weight to it or movement, which hard to explain in words. A line when crossed can have a weight whether it be pressure coming down or leaning. I've tried to keep that skill and bring it forth into my sculpture.
I have done about 7 sculptures each has been an experience in making. The last ones where done with sculpey and where amazingly fun! I felt for a while I had lost my imagination which I still am slowly recovering the pieces. I am not positive when it left or why it did... I believe that my major and college have a minor influence on my lack of imagination. I felt the freedom to express my every emotion in the clay, looking at by sculpture I see I've created that emotion to be its own being outside of myself. It's almost like I pulled out the "emotional person" moping in my head and it froze over into a statuette.
Taking in the magnitude of "Venus di Milo", "Pieta", and "David" are just have of my favorites. Something about recreating a human form is amazing, every detailed muscle and flawless face. My skill isn't half of the Greeks or the Romans, but it would be interesting to try and take it into the final. I am finally becoming more filmier with the material and looking foward to showing last piece that will show were this semester has taken me.