Welcome to GaryGrossmanLand, a location that is the result of modest talent, little fear of failure, a love of creativity, and a low tolerance for boredom My website has content and links to most of my creative activities including: academic science, popular writing and poetry, including my new graphic novel, my sculpture, my gourmet venison cook book, and music including my new CD Natural Voices. GaryGrossmanLand actually is a bit more complex and is frequently wandered by a gentleman with a glass of neat whiskey in his hand.IF SOMETHING CATCHES YOUR EYE, CONTACT ME FOR DIMENSIONS AND PRICING.
ARTISTS’ STATEMENT AND BIOGRAPHY
It is the multi-dimensional nature of stone sculpture, its tactile sensuality coupled with arresting imagery that engage both sculptors and collectors alike. I carve stone primarily to bring forth an aesthetically and emotionally pleasing object from what literally is a mere chunk of rock. It is this process of exploration and discovery, the revelation of form and substance through successive removal of materials that is so satisfying to a stone carver.
Many characteristics of stone appeal to the sculptor, in particular, variations in grain, hardness, color and texture. Rather than concentrate on a single type of stone, I carve everything from soapstone to marble so the characteristics of the stone can be matched to the esthetics of a given piece.
I tend to carve small to medium-scale pieces that radiate intimacy and beckon human touch. Nonetheless, instilling motion and angularity in the works enables them to hold a viewer’s attention and fill larger spaces. I work using an innovative aesthetic that reduces shape to its essential form and is designed to elicit multiple interpretations in the viewer.
Gary D. Grossman
706-255-9082
ggrossmanfineart@gmail.com
ARTIST’S BIOGRAPHY
Gary D. Grossman
ggrossmanfineart@gmail.com
website http: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Gary-Grossmans-Sculpture-Portfolio/124819124227147
BSc Conservation of Natural Resources, University California Berkeley (1975)
PhD Animal Ecology, University California Davis (1979)
Sculptural studies are self-didactic, with brief periods of study with:
Horace Farlowe (2006), Athens, Georgia and Don Dougan, Marietta, Georgia
Honors:
Who’s Who in the United States
Directory of American Poets and Writers
Exhibitions:
2012 — represented: Hutson Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts
2013 –- Georgia Perimeter College Dunwoody Campus (solo show)
2013 — Athens Academy (two man show)
2012 — Sculpture in the South
2012 — represented: Hutson Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts
2011 — represented: Hutson Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts
2011 — group exhibit Atelier Lexington, Asheville, North Carolina
2010 — represented: Hutson Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts
2010 — group exhibit Atelier Lexington, Asheville, North Carolina
2010 — member’s exhibit: Oconee County Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, Georgia
2010 — member’s exhibit: Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, Georgia
2009 — group exhibit: Hutson Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts
2009 — group exhibit: Antiques and Jewels, Athens, Georgia
2009 — group exhibit: Genuine Georgia, Greensboro, Georgia
2009 — group exhibit: Five Points Art Show, Athens, Georgia
2009 — group exhibit: Original Fine Arts Gallery, Athens, Georgia
2008 — group exhibit: Genuine Georgia, Greensboro, Georgia
2008 — group exhibit: Original Fine Arts Gallery, Athens, Georgia
2007 — group exhibit: Original Fine Arts Gallery, Athens, Georgia
2006 — group exhibit: Original Fine Arts Gallery, Athens, Georgia
2005 — group exhibit: Original Fine Arts Gallery, Athens, Georgia
2004 — two-person exhibit, Original Fine Arts Gallery, Athens, Georgia
2003 — group exhibit: Original Fine Arts Gallery, Athens, Georgia.
