Sally and Sandy
> WIRE GALLERY
I most appreciate the less-is-more kind of art. I am drawn to artists who succeed with simplicity, artists who work with the line, especially those who appear to have a good time doing it. The line drawings of Matisse are so exactly right, they leave me breathless. The illustrations of Saul Steinberg make me laugh out loud. Al Hirshfeld, who originally wanted to be a sculptor, once said, "Sculpture is a drawing you fall over in the dark." Many of my wired people are exactly that, line drawings I did in the air and then bumped into.
I do no preliminary drawings for my wire pieces. They evolve, surprising me all along the way. I start at the top and push the wire this way and that and the wire most definitely pushes me back (it has a mind of its own) until we get to a place we're both satisfied with. We have both been known to be ornary, even abusive. I believe my greatest successes in these pieces are the implied lines that have been left out, the ones that must be completed by the viewer.
As for my "Wired People", I find that I respond to them according to their personality types. Some are much more approachable than others. Some are good listeners, but some, quite literally, turn their backs on me.
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 Lawrence, Walter and Bella at "The Party" |
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