Stephen King
CREATIVE PRACTICE
Sculptor
ARTIST STATEMENT
I make sculpture out of wood, sometimes figurative, sometimes abstract constructions. We have good hardwoods on our farm. I drag the logs to my studio and chop them into shape.
If I’m working on an abstract construction I mostly build a scaled marquette before I start the work so almost no creative decisions need to be made during the construction stage. I cut the logs into trussed beams of my own design, making constructions based on the grid.
BIO
Art school in Toowoomba, then thirty years exhibiting painting and sculpture in Sydney.
23 years teaching part-time in the sculpture studio at the National Art School. Working full time from Walcha for a decade now.
23 Solo Exhibitions.
18 times Sculpture by the Sea exhibitor.
Public commissions including the cities of Tamworth, Walcha and Glen Innes.
CONTACT
Via website.