 I
believe art is an expression of self on a subconscious level, the vehicle to
bring the subconscious to consciousness. What
am I? What is the reason for this consciousness? People have asked these
questions from the beginning of time- Rodin asked it in sculpture, Van Gough in
paint not because life followed them, they followed life. They were following
their instinct with a strong driving force to express and put into form the
mystery and beauty that they saw and felt around them. They had a need to share
their idealisms with struggles and triumphs to permanently document their
experience of our existence.
Following
my own instincts in search for that documentation of our existence my work
celebrates the human form in the classic style. I enjoy using stoneware clay as
my medium because it gives me the ease and freedom I need for the final
experience. I also enjoy the freedom of being self taught in sculpture. As a
potter for over twenty years, I purposely waited to begin producing sculpture to
let it mature in my being until I felt ready. I knew that
this was the time. In late 1999 through 2001, I have created over twenty
different standing sculpture and relief works of which five went into bronze. My wish
is to share this work, in order to let people experience and enjoy the beauty and
delicacy of the human form in sculpture.
Please Note:
Is it possible to understand process?
Even if it is possible to
comprehend process, can a person appreciate the final out come or form? Is it
warranted? Did the creator achieve the final form? Does it complement the initial
thought or the first comprehensible expression of the subject? Does the
vision channel deeply
into my character, to stand there long enough to let my vision go into the clay?
Is there enough in me to accomplish the final form or do I give up and call it
finished? "Wherever I go I find him. He is no other than
myself, yet I am not he."
James D. Taylor
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