Gesso Sculptures

This 5" hand-painted sculptural cube by Sofie Swann is made with acrylic paint and gesso on wood. It features a coastal white, blue, and sandy beige palette with organic shapes layer...

This 5" hand-painted sculptural cube by Sofie Swann is made with acrylic paint and gesso on wood. It features a coastal white, blue, and sandy beige palette with organic shapes layer...

This 4" hand-painted sculptural cube by Sofie Swann is made with acrylic paint and gesso on wood. It features a coastal blue, beige, and white palette, with organic forms and shapes,...

b. 1964, Arnhem Jan Maarten Voskuil stretches his paintings into the third dimension. His crafted, partly curved wooden constructions are based on simple geometric principles: the c...

This 4" hand-painted sculptural cube by Sofie Swann is made with acrylic paint and gesso on wood. It features a coastal blue and white palette, with an imperfect blue circular form o...

Sujoon - Georgia O Wall sculpture Aluminum and copper mesh, gesso, acrylic, wire 48" x 52" x 4" Atticus Adams- METAL MESH ARTIST "Atticus Adams isn't afraid to revisit his childhood memories. Born in Oregon but raised in West Virginia, Adams speaks often, with a soft, Southern twang, of summers spent at his grandmother's house. The green apples and salt she would prepare in the August heat, playing with dress linings in her fashion trunks, or the look of the weathered screen of her porch door...

"For the last decade and more, I’ve been exploring traditional Japanese woodblock printing techniques. This inherently beautiful and simple process has allowed my work to develop in a contemplative and semi-abstract way. I began watercolor woodblock printing, Mokuhanga, on a scholarship to Tama Art University in Tokyo. I was motivated by a group of Japanese printmakers who I met at Peacock Visual Arts in Aberdeen, Scotland where I was making large woodblocks in the early 1990s. I didn’t make it to Tama until 1996. Events took me first to Mexico where I painted angels, demons and masks in rich colors. It was an exhilarating if freaky time, ending in 46 of my paintings disappearing with an American art dealer. I then spent four years in Japan, studying Japanese and traditional woodblock techniques, finding a new way of expressing myself. A residency in Norway followed. There I was surrounded by huge fjords, full of magic, with colours that were intensified by rich sunlight. The culmination was a conceptual shift -- I moved from traditional flat, printed works to creating prints as “skins” to clothe three-dimensional works. I hesitate to say that there are underlying themes to my work. However, my concern for the ever-changing landscape and global warming is often there, if not always obvious. Rain started to appear in my work as an environmental response and continues to inhabit my thoughts. Some of the forms speak to the architecture of buildings I saw in Japan, but also imbue the soft sensual beauty of the trees, the park, the blossom, the soft evening light touching the sides of the harsh glass and concrete blocks." -- Paul Furneaux

Artist Len Klikunas paints to modify experienced reality through visual perception. The "Blocks" series is a mix of art and architecture, hovering between painting and sculpture. It...

Atticus Adams is a sculptor whose work embodies the transformative power of art to create beauty, meaning, and emotional impact from industrial materials. Using mostly aluminum mesh—...

Atticus Adams is a sculptor whose work embodies the transformative power of art to create beauty, meaning, and emotional impact from industrial materials. Using mostly aluminum mesh—...

Atticus Adams is a sculptor whose work embodies the transformative power of art to create beauty, meaning, and emotional impact from industrial materials. Using mostly aluminum mesh—...

Artist Len Klikunas paints to modify experienced reality through visual perception. The "Blocks" series is a mix of art and architecture, hovering between painting and sculpture. It employs shizen (自然): the Japanese concept of naturalness, absence of pretense or artificiality. Material is stretched over a supporting three-dimensional framework, like a tent, and coated with paint. The work is characterized by “mindful artlessness” and simplicity. Understated and subtle, the work doesn’t only refer to itself, and it doesn’t explain everything. This artwork is wired and ready to hang. The sides of the artwork are painted as a continuation of the front, and it does not require framing. A certificate of authenticity and hanging hardware are included. EDUCATION 1966 BA Stanford University 1970 MA California State University Fullerton 1973 Photography Mt. Hood Community College SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2013 Block in the Void, The District, Boise, Idaho 2012 Back of the Light, The District, Boise, Idaho 1979 Nudes by Klikunas, Courtyard Gallery, Portland, Oregon 1976 Solar Votives, Clackamas College Gallery, Oregon City, Oregon GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2015 Hunting and Gathering Exhibition, Treasure Valley Artists Alliance, Boise, Idaho (juried). Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, California 2nd 2015 Showcase Competition, winner, Artslant Bellingham National Salon des Refusés, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, Washington 2011 Elon University Gallery, Elon, North Carolina 2010 Idaho Triennial, Boise Art Museum, Boise, Idaho 1987 La Quinta Juried Art Festival, La Quinta, California 1984 Courtyard Gallery, Portland, Oregon 1983 Courtyard Gallery, Portland, Oregon 1982 Courtyard Gallery, Portland, Oregon 1981 Courtyard Gallery, Portland, Oregon 1980 Salon de Refuses, Portland Center for the Visual Arts (PCVA), Portland, Oregon Courtyard Gallery, Portland, Oregon 1979 Courtyard Gallery, Portland, Oregon 1978 Artists of Oregon, Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon (juror: Wayne Thiebaud) Courtyard Gallery, Portland, Oregon Gazebo Gallery, Lake Oswego...