Visions In Clay 2019
Dan Woodard
The act of creating has been a driving force in my life. My primary career focus was as a script writer and director of film and video. My work was recognized by over fifty national and international awards including honors from the New York International and Chicago International Film Festivals and inclusion in the Library of Congress CINE Collection.
Upon retiring, I began to channel my creative energies into sculpture. Over the past few years, my work has appeared in over sixty juried shows from California to New York and was featured in the book "Contemporary Sculptors."
My work, both figurative and abstract, arises from my subconscious combined with memory and a spontaneous interaction with a variety of materials. The sculptures have been described as elegant, yet also earthy and powerful and are imbued with a mythic, numinous, and archetypal awareness that comes directly from my process of creation. My ultimate goal is to have the viewer feel a sense of familiarity with the work...a sense of knowing, of understanding.
Like most of my figurative work, Woman Brushing Teeth, was sculpted directly from memory without a model. I’m intrigued by how even the most elegant and beautiful among us engages in the mundane activities of human life. However, when such an activity is isolated and fixed it rises to a level beyond the mundane
Woman Brushing Teeth
Terra cotta clay with acrylics
18.5” h x 19.5” w x 17.5” d
$2,500
2018