2014 Flying Horse Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit
Pingree September 1 – November 23 Welcome to Pingree School and our fifth annual Flying Horse Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit
Our exhibition’s title comes from the home Mr. and Mrs. Sumner Pingree established on this property in 1931. Their Flying Horse Farm was named in honor of the flagship of the shipping fleet owned by Mary Weld Pingree’s father. Shortly after the Pingrees gave their land for the establishment of Pingree School, the institution adopted the Pegasus, the flying horse of Greek mytholgy, as its mascot. Each year, I look forward to the opening of this event. Our open vistas, hedge garden, pond, and entry drive all provide perfect backdrops for art and slow contemplation. Since art has always been an integral part of a Pingree education, it is fitting that we are a setting for such an exhibit. Indeed, all of our students engage in fine and performing arts classes and thereby experience how art expands their minds, brings joy, and affords them a deeper, more nuanced understanding of the world around them. This annual exhibition is a reminder of all that art brings to our lives. This year’s show, which includes more than 40 works by New England artists, is extra special because we open our new arts and athletics facilities in coordination with the exhibition. I invite you to take your time and look closely as you walk around our new and established facilities, enjoy the many different styles of sculpture, view the works and landscape from different perspectives, and watch how the light plays on surfaces and materials. Be sure to stop into the library also to view the five works by five women artists displayed there to honor the five decades of women educated at Pingree and to recognize our school’s first 50th reunion. In closing, special thanks to Judy Klein for her vision and effort to make this exhibition a reality for the fifth consecutive year, and to Chris Williams, a renowned sculptor and North Shore treasure, for being our Honorary Chair for this year’s event. Sincerely,
Tim Johnson Head of School Message from Chris Williams, Honorary Chair: It is an honor to chair the Pingree sculpture show. To me, there are no rules in creative expression. No boundaries. Through the beautiful language of art – especially in the creation of sculpture – the raw talent around us sets the highest standard. The uncharted and unlimited challenges of art charge us with the important task of providing a meaningful platform to showcase future artists, allowing them to test and expand their growth and potential. The Pingree sculpture show is an irresistible opportunity to work with, exhibit, and encourage young artists. It will be a treat for everyone: participating artists and the visitors. Enjoy. Chris Williams Honorary Chair
“In this fast-paced world, we’ve all seen it many times. People walking around, eyes glazed over, stress building, rushing from thing to thing. What if, out of nowhere, they come upon one of my sculptures at an airport, a stadium, or even on the lawn of a private home. And suddenly, they are transported to a different place. Now they are staring at a full-grown rhinoceros about to charge, a 20-point moose surveying his realm, a playful greyhound on a beach, a 13- foot giraffe grazing beneath a tree, or a huge momma bear with three cubs climbing in a forest. Their hurried, stressed out lives disappear. They are in the world of sculpture. For a moment. For a lifetime. Art to me is life anew, refreshing and reviving, a moment of stillness and joy in a crazy world. You feel as though if you turn your head or look away from the sculptures they will run away, alive in their world, out of sight again. It has been my driving passion to create experiences through art that enrich and elevate how we experience our environment and our own lives. Working in metal, there is a dynamic tension between the metal’s strength and my creative vision. Shaping the piece, the metal fights back. In that artistic struggle, a new life comes, the piece earns a pulse of its own. A living, breathing sculpture is born. My artistic career began in the back of my father’s metal shop in Rockport, Massachusetts. Every day after school I worked alongside my dad to earn my weekly allowance. One amazing day, I discovered some heavy wires that led to an old welder beneath one of the shop’s oil-drenched benches. I dragged it out, dusted it off, plugged it in, and gave it a try. I made a small dinosaur. From that moment when the first sparks jumped, I was hooked. A career in sculpture became my life’s dream.”
“Greyhound” Stainless steel, $10,000 “Garden Sphere” Steel, $7,500 “Tree Frog” Bronze, $29,000
contact: 508.846.3307 | 978.768.7652 | [email protected] Michael Alfano
Michael’s sculpture, “Peace Offering,” is a functional bench featuring a dove, conveying the hope for peace, while its tail transforms into a hawk, representing hostility. The dove’s wings become open hands, which might be ours, in an asking, a weighing, or an offering pose. Or they might belong to a larger force that welcomes two people to sit down and discuss their differences. Michael has been sculpting for over 20 years, with artwork in galleries, museums, parks, and private collections around the globe. Among his commissioned works are portraits of world leaders and public monuments, primarily in the Northeast. Originally from New York, Michael first studied at the Art Students League. Today, he lives and works in Hopkinton, Massachusetts. “Peace Offering” Faux bronze resin, $7,000
contact: 508.435.4613 | [email protected] | www.michaelalfano.com Daniel Altshuler
Daniel Altshuler is a Gloucester-based classical sculptor who makes statuary, busts, bas relief, and medals of prominent individuals that are cast in bronze or carved in stone. His statuary can be seen in universities, hospitals, corporation headquarters, government buildings, museums, galleries, interior design showrooms, and on the internet. “When I work in sculpture, whether it be a portrait or allegorical statuary, it is essential to me that I capture the spirit and the likeness of the subject of theme. I strive to show inspiration and beauty in my work which is revealed in variable lights. By the nature of the intensity of the raking light, the strong and simple expression of each piece communicates its intent in form. The final location of the work is still another important factor to me. I need to know if the work is expected to be viewed from a distance or up close, as this affects the way I would model the statue or bas relief. Whether a sculpture is intended to be inside or outside, a building is also a determining factor in the consideration of the modeled form.” “Grace” Hydrocal, $20,000 (cast in edition of 6, in bronze and mounted on granite)
contact: 978.283.2331 | [email protected] Thomas Berger
Thomas was born in a small town of the Moselle-region in Germany, where he was deeply involved with nature from childhood on, collecting minerals, fossils, shells, and other natural objects, many of which he sketched or painted for documentation. His love for nature also led him to garden extensively, together with his father, on a several-acre lot. He kept sheep and bees, and collected plants for herbal medicine. After obtaining a degree in agriculture from Kassel University, he worked on farms in France and Australia, and for three years in Niger / West Africa, where he was consulting rice and vegetable cooperatives and subsistence farmers. He also worked in Berlin, Germany for the German Volunteers Service helping to administer development programs in three West African countries. When he moved with his American wife to the U.S., he founded his own business for landscaping and stone masonry Green Art — which allows Thomas to combine his desire to be creative with his passion for gardening and stone art. Thomas is a self-taught painter and sculptor. He designed stamps for the country of Niger and won awards for both his landscaping work, as well as his stone sculptures. His works are found in public places and private collections in New England and Germany. “With my sculptures, I express my admiration for nature in all its forms: the universe, our planet, life in all its variations, our human existence. There is magic found in every living thing, and the creation of nature and life out of a ‘Big Bang’ is a wonderful mystery.” Thomas often uses weathered stone surfaces to achieve a fossil-like appearance which hints at the vulnerability of life. At the same time, these signs of decomposition remind us of the resilience of life that persisted through the shifts of continents, the regression of oceans and the freezing of the planets surface, developing into an ever increasing richness of forms and beauty. We are warned not to destroy the Eden into which we have been born! Thomas Berger’s piece ‘The Apples of Monte Santo’ expresses his opinion that genetically modified organisms (GMOs) bear the danger in them to do more harm than the intended good. The title of the sculpture reflects on nature being saintly and holy (Spanish: “santo”) and is also a play on the name of a chemical company who is a world leader in the development of genetically modified organisms. “The Apples of Monte Santo” Black granite and gold leaf, $4,200
contact: 207.752.7975 | 207.439.7700 | [email protected] Whitmore Boogaerts
Whitmore has been creating and selling artwork as a career for the last 20 years. He has a lifelong pursuit of producing art and a degree in Civil Engineering from Tulane University in 1987. He lives in Providence, RI with his wife, an art teacher and artist, and his two daughters, 16 and 18. With thousands of pieces in homes nationally, as well as over 60 commercial settings, the work ranges from outdoor kinetic pieces, wall sculptures, mobiles, railings, and more. He is represented in galleries, sells his work directly at fine art festivals, and has successfully created many commissions. As he says, “My focus is to make art that has the simplicity of nature, that is affordable, and that makes the world a better place.” “Strong Move Up” Rusted steel, stainless steel and glass, $1,950
contact: 401.297.9389 | [email protected] | www.wb-sculpture.com Lindley Briggs
Lindley Briggs received her B.A. from Connecticut College in 1967. She studied sculpture at the Boston Museum School of Fine Arts and The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture from 1967 through 1969. Throughout her career, Lindley has had numerous shows featuring her sculpture, drawings, collages and prints. Her work has been featured in national publications such as Yankee Magazine, Fine Woodworking, and The New York Times. Her sculpture is represented in 10 galleries throughout the country. Lindley’s bronze medallions have been juried into three international museum shows in recent years — at the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow, Scotland; The Museum of Fine Arts in Tampere, Finland; and The Archaeological Museum in Sofia, Bulgaria. “Nature Goddess and Consorts” Fiberglass resin and cast marble, $4,000 “Safe” (on display in library) Cast aluminum and bronze on walnut base, $2,400
contact: 978.465.5593 | [email protected] | www.lindleybriggssculpture.com Joe Carpineto
Joe Carpineto has been working as a sculptor for over 25 years out of his studio at the Waltham Mills Artists Association. In the beginning of his career, he was largely a self- taught artist. He took courses at Massachusetts College of Art whenever he could. In 2001 – 2002, he took a sabbatical and was a full-time art student at Camberwell College of Art in London. His work has been shown at numerous galleries here and abroad, among them the DeCordova Museum and The Danforth Museum where his wall relief, “Homage to Melvin Edwards,” was shown in 2013. He has studied and shown work at the Art Institute of San Miguel, the Tamayo Institute in Oaxaca, Mexico and in the contemporary gallery in Antigua, Guatemala. From these countries he derives his fascination with bright colors applied to found objects and to fabricated steel. In addition to these cultural influences, he counts David Smith and Melvin Edwards as two sculptors who inspire him every day. “Folklorico” Fabricated steel, $4,000
contact: 617.283.0590 | 617.764.2975 | [email protected] David Davies
David is an artist and residential architect living in Newburyport, MA. He participated in the first Flying Horse exhibit in 2010 and is among the organizers of the Outdoor Sculpture at Maudslay exhibit at Maudslay State Park each year. While David has been known to create large scale environmental sculpture using corrugated plastic and zip ties, he primarily works in wood to create architectonic constructs inspired by the geometries of nature and technology. In addition to serving as sculpture, he considers each of his pieces a mapping device in denial of itself as a temporary construct. “ENDO-EXO”: Repetitive voids carved from hollow obelisks connect interior and exterior surfaces referencing patterns in nature and technology, while framing views beyond. As a pair, these simple rhythmic elements create a dialogue, imply an axis, and become a gate mediating the boundary between inside and out. YouTube rotation video: http://youtu.be/q7XzD0i_pqM “ENDO-EXO” Pine, paint, fasteners, Price upon request
contact: 978.465.5014 | [email protected] Larry Elardo
Larry Elardo jumped back into making ceramics about 10 years ago after a 30+ year layoff. He is currently an instructor at the Essex Art Center in Lawrence , MA. His work can be seen at many local venues; a complete schedule of shows is available on his website. “My work is mostly hand built and fellow potters often refer to me as ‘the texture guy’. I love the infinite possibilities of clay. The clay objects I build investigate the integration of form and surface. I’m always on the lookout for man-made objects that will help me create visually exciting surfaces.” The Guardians, though contemporary in look, have a very formal yet organic presence that reminds the viewer of ancient warriors given the honor of watching over persons and places deemed sacred. “Guardians #1 and #2” Stoneware ceramic covered with various glazes, colored slips, and iron oxide washes, $8,000
contact: 978.430.3039 | [email protected] | www.mstreetpotters.com Richard Erickson
Richard Erickson is a Massachusetts-born artist represented by Etherington Fine Art in Marfa, TX. More of his work can be viewed at www.richardericksonart.com. “What a Laugh Looks Like” Wood and paint, Price on request
contact: 508.2211.053 | [email protected] Shawn Farrell
Shawn Farrell is an artist and educator living in Hamilton, MA. Originally from western New York, he received a BFA from Hartwick College where he specialized in glassblowing and bronze foundry. He polished his techniques while living on the West Coast working for various artists from Alaska to Mexico. He has displayed his work in various galleries and does many private commissions. Shawn prefers not to limit himself to any one medium, but finds himself continually drawn to working with glass and metal. “When you are accustomed to seeing something in the same way day after day, you tend to forget the beauty that is held within it. With my work, I like to take the observers to a place that they may have been before but have not seen in such a way. This allows viewers to experience new perspectives on their world and their place in it. It allows them to find the inherent beauty in all things.” “Couple” Steel, $2,250
contact: 401.529.9052 | 978.468.2528 | [email protected] | www.shawnfarrell.com Joe Fix
Joe Fix is a structural engineer living in Newbury. He has been creating public outdoor art for 14 years. Excerpt from The Door by Miroslav Holub: Go and open the door. Perhaps outside there’s a tree, or a wood, or a garden, or a magic city. Go and open the door. Perhaps outside there’s a dog scratching. Perhaps there’s a face outside, or an eye or the picture of a picture.
“Who’s There?” Reclaimed doors, wood, paint, $1,000
contact: 978.462.4331 | 978.462.5528 | 978.973.2366 | [email protected] Christopher Frost
“The thought behind ‘Fenestra’ was to create a work that connects interior perceptions into the exterior world. Often what we visualize through a window becomes heightened when compared to its surroundings. What if the window is the surroundings?” Chris Frost is a sculptor living and working in Somerville, MA. His work has been exhibited and collected in museums and art institutions throughout the New England area. His education includes Bates College in Lewiston, ME; Parsons School of Design in Paris, France; and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. “Fenestra” Steel and glass, $3,000
contact: 617.866.0710 | [email protected] | www.christopherfrost.org Clayton Fuller 1917–2014
Clayton Fuller returned to sculpting and printmaking at the age of 67 after interrupting his youthful intention to pursue a career in fine art. His formal art instruction re-started with evening sessions in figure drawing with Jason Berger and Francesco Carbone at the Museum of Fine Art School in Boston, He took courses with Iso Papo and Berta Golhaney at Cambridge Center for Adult Education. From 1972 through 1975, he studied sculpture with Joyce Johnson, founder of Castle Hill Art Center, at Cape Cod Center for the Arts and Music in Barnstable; and etching with Olaf Kruger. Fuller worked in practically every sculpture medium and in numerous printing techniques. He earned awards in many regional exhibitions, among them the Falmouth Artists Guild, the Cape Cod Art Association, and the Bourne-Wareham Art Association. His public sculptures include a unique bronze Korean War Memorial in the State Capitol in Hartford, Connecticut; the Francis J. Reynolds Memorial plaque West Hartford, CT; and the life-size bronze Native American Woman that is on the Bluffs overlooking Onset Harbor at the entrance to the Cape Cod Canal in Wareham, MA. Clayton strived to capture the beauty of the female figure with dignity. Most of his works are in bronze, terra cotta, or reinforced resins. He used aluminum and stainless steel for abstract works. His painting and sculptures are in many private collections. “Trinket” Folded aluminum, $6,000
contact: 508.944.5380 | 508.748.0550 | [email protected] Richard Gerber
Rick Gerber is a painter, printmaker, and sculptor who lives in Fremont, New Hampshire with his wife, Patricia. He is a Blanche Colman Grant recipient and an Arts for the Banks Bronze Medalist. “The creative process remains a mystery to me. I find materials that appeal to me and let the materials assemble themselves. I help them along in a process that seems more like reconstruction than construction.” “Jenny’s Bouquet” Found objects and welded steel, $2,500
contact: 603.679.8038 | [email protected] Steven Hayden
The raw energy required to create much of wood, metal, and ceramic artist Steven Hayden’s work can be overwhelming. In a given day, he can be found at the forge, hammering wrought iron and copper elements by hand; at the potter’s wheel, expertly throwing delicate clay vessels; and in the woodworking studio, shaping raw lumber into elements for his sculpture and fine furnishings. This energy and passion for creation comes through in each piece by Hayden. For nearly two decades since earning a degree in Materials Science Engineering, he has pursued novel, artistic ways to combine materials. Copper saturated raku-fired tiles and vessels, fine furniture, and mixed media sculpture show his work to be a true “coalescence of form, function, and art.” Hayden is the only member of the League of New Hampshire to have “juried in” in three distinct media. His ceramic, metal, and wood creations are found nationally in private homes, businesses, and public spaces. Recent public installations include the stainless and copper sculpture “Spirit’s Daughter” at The Courtyard on Main Street in Meredith, NH, as well as decorative and functional wood elements in the newly constructed Winnipesaukee Playhouse. His work is currently part of the Mill Brook Gallery and Sculpture Garden’s 16th Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit in Concord, NH. Hayden resides in the Lakes Region of New Hampshire. He is one of four artists with studios located at The Arts Collaborative in Meredith. The Arts Collaborative is the Lakes Region’s only comprehensive arts complex featuring on-site artist studios, an arts education venue with teaching studios, and an art gallery and design showroom open to the public and the trades. It is here that he handcrafts all ceramic, metal, and wood elements one piece at a time. “Open Water” Stainless steel, copper, stone, $4,000
contact: 603.520.7299 | [email protected] | www.haydenarts.com Arlene Hecht
Arlene Hecht was founder and director of the Gallery 333 in North Falmouth, MA, which opened in 1988 and just closed last spring. In 1988, she also opened her Newton, MA studio where she teaches painting and sculpture. She received a BA from Boston University with additional studies in art history, and has studied painting and sculpture since 1970. Charlotte Lockwood, Marcia Zonis, Polly Seliger-Egelson and Clayton Fuller were her most significant teachers. Music was an early influence and inspires most of her sculpture today. Rhythm, motion and gesture are the necessary elements of her figurative works which won “Best in Show” and “First Prizes” from The Falmouth Artists’ Guild annual juried shows and The Newton Art Association in the 1990s. Hecht is a past president of The Newton Art Association and a member of The New England Sculptors Association. She is listed in People in the Arts, published by the Newton Free Library in 1991. Hecht served on the Advisory Board of The Committee to Encourage Public Art in Falmouth. She has written the foreword to the book, 100 Artists of New England, published at the end of 2010. Discovering new artists and exhibiting some of the best art work of recognized and award-winning national and international artists is her greatest pleasure. “Giselle” (on display in library) Bronze with verdigris patina, $3,800
contact: 508.564.4467 | [email protected] | www.artgallery333.com Susan Israel
Susan is founder and principal of the Energy Necklace Project (ENP), based in Newton, MA. As an architect and artist, Susan curates and produces art installations to engage people in climate change awareness and action. The ENP offers public workshops, corporate team building, and educational programs, as well. Susan’s artwork has been shown in group shows in Massachusetts, including New Bedford Art Museum, HarborArts, Jackson Homestead, and other venues. The undulating forms of “Mobi” are entwined by a rope, like vines or seaweed, in a broken mobius strip. The vines represent symbiosis which needs to stay in balance for both organisms to thrive. The rubber comes from a tire recycling plant that repurposes potentially toxic materials without chemicals, water, or waste. Here at Pingree, this whale-like presence reminds us of the shipbuilding industry and whaling trade historically located in Essex County. “Mobi 2014” Reclaimed truck tires, metal fasteners, and rope, $1,200 (also see “Tempest Tossed” created with Peter Lipsett)
contact: 617.276.2490 | [email protected] Waldo Evan Jesperson
Waldo Evan Jesperson earned a Bachelor’s degree with a concentration in sculpture from Alfred University and a MFA in Sculpture from Arizona State University. He has exhibited widely in New England, New York, and Arizona. “The contemporary world is inundated with throwaway goods designed for mass consumption and disposal. Yet, an appreciation for the unique and well-crafted object persists: we don’t want to be sold garbage that will break before its Styrofoam packaging degrades. While my work is influenced by the fine craftsmanship and precise design of modernist sculpture and decorative arts, these approaches are updated through the use of contemporary materials, tools and methods. Computer- aided design and a firm understanding of material, allow me to push the boundaries of readily available techniques to create unique objects that present alternatives to the world of mass manufacturing. Approaching each work with a singular concentration, I attempt to realize an original vision with as little compromise as possible. Each work is a marriage of simple forms and complex underpinnings. This pairing helps to create the poetry within the work.” “Cubist Hotbed Pie” Steel, $9,350
contact: 978.270.4801 | [email protected] Peter Lipsett
Peter Lipsitt casts or assembles materials, working in cement, steel, bronze, and wood. He is also a printmaker. He has presented many solo exhibitions at Boston Sculptors Gallery, one each at Fuller Art Museum, Wheaton College, Brown University, and Mather House at Harvard University. He is the recipient of a generous grant in 2007 from Artist Resource Trust (A.R.T.), a fund of Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, faculty grants from Wheaton College, and others from Mass Cultural Council through the Brookline Arts Council. He has permanent large-scale public sculpture at Bajko Skating Rink in Hyde Park and at University Place in Cambridge. He has shown outdoor sculpture at Harbor Arts, East Boston; Chesterwood in Stockbridge, MA; Triangle Arts Association, NY; Wheaton College, Norton, MA; Wheelock College, Boston, MA; Sculpture Key West, Key West, FL; Rose Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA; Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA. His work is in the collections of the Rose Art Museum, Fogg Art Musuem at Harvard University, DeCordova Museum, Hamilton College, Vassar College, and in many others. He has collaborated with Susan Israel on exhibition works for New Bedford, Jackson Homestead, Newton, MA, and a gallery in Provincetown. Lipsitt is a graduate of Brandeis University (BA) and Yale University School of Art (MFA-1965). He is an alumnus of the Skowhegan School program. He taught in the US Peace Corps in Ethiopia and has been a professor at Brandeis, Wheaton College, Emmanuel College, and Wentworth Institute. His longtime studio is in the Piano Factory, South End, Boston. “Tempest Tossed,” a title borrowed from Emma Lazarus’ poem preserved at the Statue of Liberty evokes waves of immigration to this country, and for 200 years, the cruel slave trade in the Middle Passage. Trade voyages in commercial goods launched from Essex County, Massachusetts embodied resilience and hope, provided lost and found treasure, and represented new beginnings and regeneration. “Tempest Tossed” (created with Susan Israel) Rope and re-purposed steel, copper, rubber, and a wood mast, $5,000 contact: 617.232.7895 | 617.877.3864 | [email protected] Mitchel Lunin
Dr. Mitchel Lunin has always been fascinated by human form and function. His first piece of art was a female torso done his senior year of college, while practicing for the carving portion of the Dental boards. The next 35 years were spent successfully practicing dentistry in greater Boston. After retiring in 2002, Dr. Lunin studied sculpture at the DeCordova Museum, West Concord Art Co-Operative, The Carving Studio, and the Beaumont Sculpture Center. These diverse educational centers gave him a broad foundation upon which to create three dimensional art. A second prize award at the 2009 James King Bonnar Show, of a reclining nude form, encouraged him to continue creating sculpture Most of his work is created in clay and cast in bronze. His work has been shown in galleries, shows, and homes in New England and New York. “I feel that sculpture gives me an opportunity to both express myself and celebrate the human form.” “Persephone” Bronze, $7,750
contact: 617.697.1959 | 617.964.1959 | [email protected] Brian May
Brian is from Marshfield, MA. His love of nature and being outdoors led him to wood carving over 30 years ago. His carvings primarily focused on decorative, life-like waterfowl and songbirds capturing restful, peaceful poses. He has won numerous awards in carving competitions and has exhibited his work in art shows and festivals in New England. His carvings are found in private collections throughout the United States, Bermuda and England. “Recently, I have experimented with creating a more natural, suggestive, sculptural aspect to my carvings, utilizing fallen trees with the intent of each piece weathering naturally and truly become a one-of-a-kind piece of artwork. Beginning with a “rough idea”, my carving evolves as the wood decides the direction of the finished piece. No two carvings are the same and each will weather and change with the seasons and years guaranteeing its individuality.” “Watcher in the Wood - II” Wood, $750
contact: 508.294.5477 | [email protected] Morris Norvin
Morris Norvin studied at the Massachusetts College of Art, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and at the Museum of Fine Arts Scholarship Program. He has taught at Stonybrook Fine Arts in Boston for the past seven years, at the Museum of Fine Arts since 1988, and at various other art venues throughout the region. His work is regularly displayed in exhibitions and installations in New England as well as in private collections and the collections of such institutions as Wellesley College and the Children’s Museum in Boston. This year, his work will be featured in a new book, Animals in Art, by Ashley Rooney. Norvin also has created set designs and constructions for the Boston Opera House and the American Repertory Theater. “My interest lies in recycling objects and materials, things that had a previous life and purpose and then found themselves discarded. It is my hope that the viewer will recognize bits and pieces of tools, machines and vehicles and see them differently, considering their lines and shapes rather than their previous function. I work figuratively, tapping into the organic nature of the scrap, and provide a connection between the living world and the industrial one.” “The Discarded” Recycled metal barrels, paint, $15,000 “Black Beauty” Found metal, paint, $5,000 “Deflection” (inside lobby) Steel rod, I-beam, epoxy, $1,500 (price for added pedestal upon request) “Reflection” (inside lobby) Steel rod, I-beam, epoxy, $1,500 (price for added pedestal upon request) contact: 617.504.0107 | 617.522.3331 | [email protected] | www.morrisnorvin.com Eric Olson
Eric Olson was a sculpture and mathematics major at St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN. He has exhibited work in Minnesota, at Koinonia, in Highland Lake, NY, and locally at Maudslay Outdoor Sculpture Exhibitions in Newburyport, as well as in Exeter NH, and Salem, MA. Eric has also contributed work previously to the Flying Horse Outdoor Sculpture Art Exhibit. He is a mathematics teacher at Pingree School. “Poses in 7920 Pixels” Perforated aluminum, wood, epoxy, plastic, and various hardware, Not for sale
contact: 857.753.6557 | [email protected] James Rappa
James Rappa earned a BRA in Sculpture from Syracuse University and an MFA in Sculpture from the University of Oregon. He then worked with the architectural firms of Edward Larrabee Barnes Associates and Fox and Fowle Architects in New York before designing and building a series of private homes in New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Canada. In 1992, he became a partner, co-designer, and builder of The Cooler, an eclectic music club in the historic Meatpacking District of New York City. Two years later, he co-designed a second successful music club, Baktun, also in the Meatpacking District. At that time he also worked with Lights in Motion International on a number of custom metal fabrication projects, including the Motown Cafe record and radio tower project on West 57th Street. In addition, he worked in the art department on a variety of independent film and video projects. In 1999, he left New York and moved to New Hampshire as a bass player in an original rock band, Naked Groove. In 2007, he opened his sculpture studio, JLR Studios. “My sculpture, ‘Dance, The Storm Is Over’, had an interesting beginning. A year earlier I had completed another piece titled ‘Convergence’. While showing that sculpture in an outdoor exhibition, an intense storm occurred and broke a limb off a tree that landed on my piece, destroying it. Not wanting to accept it as a total loss, I decided to take some of the broken pieces and create this new work with them. Incorporating the concepts of the original piece, ‘Dance, The Storm Is Over’ is an illustration of how forces converge to create change. It is also an expression of the human spirit’s ability to celebrate the joy of life in spite of the trials and tribulations we have known.” “Dance, The Storm is Over” Stainless steel and stone, $7,000
contact: 603.370.2630 | [email protected] Dale Rogers
Dale Rogers, an award-winning metal sculptor, takes pleasure in creating work that inspires the public to think about the world differently. His goal is to create thought- provoking work that is sophisticated, easily recognized, and serves as a mental postcard. He believes that by adding sculpture to the public landscape, communities are forever enhanced, and the art serves as a reflection of the quality of those communities. Dale has won first place or best in show in several exhibitions, including the Westport, Connecticut Fine Art Show and Promenade of Art in Illinois. Dale enjoys spending time with friends and family, flying kites at the beach, running, karaoke, and camping in his 1970s Volkswagen Vanagon. “Lollipop” Stainless steel and glass, $6,200
contact: 978.556.1607 | 978.621.7826 | [email protected] | www.dalerogersstudio.com Ellen Schon
Ellen Schon is Adjunct Faculty in Fine Arts and Clay Studio Supervisor at the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, where she has taught ceramics and 3-D courses since 2002. Schon received a BA from Marlboro College (Ceramics and Perceptual Psychology) and an MFA in Ceramics from Boston University’s Program in Artisanry. She has exhibited in numerous shows in the United States and is a past recipient of The Artist Foundation Fellowship from the Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities. Schon has organized and co-curated interdisciplinary, thematic group exhibitions in non-profit venues in the Boston area and abroad. Schon’s interest in international artist collaboration and exchange has led her to travel extensively in Europe, participating in international artist symposia/residencies in Finland, Croatia, Hungary, Turkey, Israel, Germany, and Malaysia. The Museum of fine Arts, Boston has recently acquired one of her major pieces, “Nargila Pod,” for their permanent collection. “I have always been interested in the ability of a ceramic vessel to point to something beyond itself—to function as metaphor. Ceramic vessels, physically structured with necks, shoulders, bellies, and feet, can evoke the gesture and anthropomorphized stance of the human body; they also reveal deep aspects of human experience and of the natural world. Recent work explores the ceramic vessel as a wellspring or womb, with possibilities of both fecundity and barrenness. ‘Lotus Pod’, a scorched remnant, contains seeds of life and hope.” “Lotus Pod” (in library) Smoke-fired clay, $2,200
contact: 617.332.8569 | 617.794.1905 | [email protected] | www.ellenschon.com Nancy Schon
Nancy Schon is a Boston-based sculptor known for her warm, evocative representations of human and animal figures. She has received many commissions, both private and public, and delights in working with each of her clients to invent and render distinctive sculptural solutions to unique problems. She has exhibited extensively throughout the United States and abroad and has been awarded many honors. She is best known for her “Make Way for Ducklings” in the Boston Public Garden. Nancy’s sculptures of animals have given her the opportunity of having people ages 2 – 92 physically interact with them. Beyond the emotional, tactile interaction, she tries to select subjects for her public art sculptures that teach a lesson and have a direct connection to the sculpture site. Along with her artistic career over the years, Nancy has also been a community activist. She is known as the “Grandmother” of a 35,000 square-foot world-class skate park that will be breaking ground under the ramps of the Zakim Bridge this year. In 1991, as part of the START Treaty Summit ceremonies, Barbara Bush presented Raisa Gorbachev with a replica of Nancy’s Boston bronze sculpture “Make Way for Ducklings” taken from the story by Robert McCloskey. The sculpture is in Novodevichy Park in Moscow and was given “on behalf of the children of the United States to the children of the Soviet Union.” Nancy was married to MIT professor Donald Schon who died in 1997; they raised four children together. “Early in my career, I discovered that when a child and a parent come across a sculpture of a man or woman, they just go past it. But when the child sees an animal, he or she runs to it and the parents never object. Since I love animals, it was clear to me that I could say through sculptures of animals much I couldn’t say with people. Hence my work is interactive and kids love to hug, pat, and pretend to feed my sculptures of animals. This sculpture of a giraffe family was created as a fun sculpture for kids to interact with when enlarged.” “Reflective Giraffe Family” (in library) Bronze mounted on verde antico marble (on Lazy Susan hardware to rotate 360 degrees), $30,000
contact: [email protected] Beverly Seamans 1928–2012
Beverly Seamans is known for her bronze figures of animals, birds, and children. She grew up in Cohasset, Massachusetts. As a child, her interest in art was encouraged by her grandfather, John P. Benson, a marine painter. After graduating from Milton Academy, she went to Sweet Briar College for two years and then entered the Boston Museum School of Fine Arts where she studied sculpture with Peter Abate. She also studied with George Demetrios of Rockport. Mrs. Seamans won awards from the Copley Society, the National Sculptors Association, and the Marblehead Arts Association, among many others. Her solo and group shows were numerous. “The Fox” Bronze, $7,500 “Welcome Happy Morning” (inside library) Bronze, $5,000
contact: 987.462.5235 | 978.618.6316 | [email protected] Gene Sheehan
Gene Sheehan wanted to try something different with his welding skills and wound up producing an eight-foot-long working cod fish weathervane in steel for his front lawn. Since then, he has created several small origami-like sculptures and larger creatures, also in steel, for homes and gardens around the North Shore. Much of the inspiration for his work comes from the natural beauty and wildlife that surround the home he shares with his wife and dogs on Rings Island. “Comet” Steel and copper, $295
contact: 978.462.5710 | [email protected] Benjamin Silva
Ben Silva, a graduate of the fine arts program at UMass Amherst exhibits widely throughout New England. “Juxtaposing industrial and natural media, celebrating a dichotomy of geometric and organic, order and chaos. The crystalline tendency of nature, that same energy which constructs the atom and controls the orbits of the stars. Inspiring meditation on this universality within the sublime paradox, tightrope walking the thin line between the comic and the cosmic.” “Time Acceleration Capsule” Steel, $3,333
contact: [email protected] | bennsilvasculpture.weebly.com Duncan Smith
Duncan Smith spent a career designing educational materials, furniture, and exhibits for museums, including the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and many other historical and cultural institutions. He has always been concerned about the relationship between the design process, works of art, and the spaces they inhabit. “I have been making mobiles for a long time. Most were suspended on drop wires and some were mounted on bases. Time for a change! Using the techniques and materials of my mobile craft I have evolved a new family of designs that are playful wire and painted metal objects, using wind to move, not as mobiles do, but as wind toys. From table-based ‘vegetables’, I have developed large exterior-based wind toys. The goal is always to give pleasure to the viewer and have fun as the maker.” This work is made of three elements, mounted at different elevations, close to each other. The elements are free to respond to the wind. Sometimes the elements act in unison, sometimes each will be off on its own mission. The elements are mounted on steel posts mounted on pegs driven into the lawn. The work is made of steel sheet metal, pipes of various sizes and paint. This work is a play on the idea of wind driven sculpture elements discussing what they think of conditions and each one doing what it thinks best. Sometimes they agree, often they take different paths. The goal is to leave the viewer guessing: what’s next, and why? “Trio” Steel sheet metal, pipes, paint, $2,500
contact: 978.536.9539 | [email protected] Bart Stuyf
Bart Stuyf lives by the sea in Gloucester, Massachusetts. He started his career as a dancer and choreographer in the Netherlands. His groundbreaking avant garde company was called MultiMedia. He continues to work in many media: copper, soapstone, wood, and even recycled Styrofoam. All of his work reflects both his interest in movement and his whimsical sense of humor. “Octopus” Copper, $2,250 “Frog Prince” Copper, $650
contact: 978.281.8089 | [email protected] | www.bartswork.com James Wolfe
James Wolfe has built a distinguished international career with solo exhibitions at: the James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, PA; the Marion Meyer Gallery in Laguna Beach, CA; the Andre Emmerich Gallery in New York City; the Phillips Collection in Washington, DC; and the Huntington Museum of Art in Huntington, WV. He has also exhibited his work at galleries in Germany and Canada, and his work is included in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and the Storm King Art Center, Windsor, NY, among others. Wolfe’s abstract sculptures are often based on a fascination with line and rhythm, with complex, intricate designs that resemble cursive writing or delicate linear drawings. “I draw in steel using strips, bars, and rounds. I shape each element of my work by twisting, bending, or rolling the steel. The sculptures suggest musical passages, jazz riffs, or subliminally allude to the human figure, to dance and to gesture. For many years, I finished my welded steel sculpture with paint, or a patina of rust and oil. I also use intense chromatic colors that are powder coated and baked onto the steel. I apply color to enhance, enliven and unify the sculpture. Whichever finish I choose, I want the sculpture to read as a whole the moment it is seen.” “Hook and Harrow” Powder coated steel, $22,000 “Smoke and Flames” Powder coated steel, $22,000
contact: 310.849.5270 | [email protected] | www.jameswolfeart.com To honor the five decades of women educated at Pingree School and our first 50th reunion, this year we invited five prominent women artists to display their work inside our library as a special addition to the Flying Horse Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit. Please enjoy viewing pieces by Nancy Schon, Ellen Schon, Beverly Seamans, Arlene Hecht, and Lindley Briggs. Descriptions and information about the artists are listed alphabetically in the catalog with the other artists.
Ellen Schon - Lotus Pod Beverly Seamans - Welcome Happy Morning
Nancy Schon - Lindley Briggs - Arlene Hecht - Giselle Reflective Giraffe Family Nature Goddess and Consorts Pingree Celebrates the Arts!
Learn more at www.pingree.org 2014 Flying Horse Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit Participating Artists
Chris Williams Christopher Frost James Rappa Michael Alfano Clayton Fuller Dale Rogers Daniel Altshuler Rick Gerber Ellen Schon Thomas Berger Steven Hayden Nancy Schon Whitmore Boogaerts Arlene Hecht Beverly Seamans Lindley Briggs Susan Israel Gene Sheehan Joe Carpineto Waldo Evan Jesperson Benjamin Silva David Davies Peter Lipsett Duncan Smith Larry Elardo Mitchel Lunin Bart Stuyf Richard Erickson Brian May James Wolfe Shawn Farrell Morris Norvin Joe Fix Eric Olson
South Hamilton, MA | 978.468.4415 | www.pingree.org