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Firefly, 2007 Forged and hot-worked structural steel 57" x 31" x 6" (H x W x D) Firefly currently appears in the 2010 Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit in the courtyard of Courthouse Galleries at the intersection of High and Court Streets in Historic Olde Towne Portsmouth, VA. (Visit Courthouse Galleries' exhibits web site) "Fire has an important place in human experience and symbolism. When I looked at all the different ways fire and flames have been portrayed by artists in different cultures and in different media, I realized that it's a challenging subject. "As an artist-blacksmith I have a close working relationship with fire and I wanted to represent flames in my own medium. I wanted to interpret fire in hot-worked steel and show that metal can be both solid and airy. I also wanted to show my own creative humor in a straightforward way. |
