Completed Location #13 LOCATIONWest Virginia Wesleyan College ARTIST STATEMENT With this series of intimately-scaled sculptures, which will be 3D printed using bronze-steel, I am exploring the proliferation of organizational structures in our everyday lives. With the permission of the West Virginia Wesleyan College, these sculptures will be installed in carefully chosen locations on select campus …
Completed Location #08 LOCATIONTraders Alley ARTIST STATEMENT Like a volunteer flower which has sprung up from the abandoned cracks of a concrete sidewalk, this suspended installation of ribbons is surprising, joyful, delicate, and temporary. It suddenly appeared in the uncelebrated service alley, and is expected to fade with the seasons. Beyond the bouyant colors, the …
Completed Location #07 LOCATIONTraders Alley ARTIST STATEMENT My favorite time of year in Buckhannon is Spring and Summer. In this mural, I wanted to reflect the careless, happy feeling you have when the weather starts to change and the world starts to come alive again. In my mind, the question arises: riding bikes, hanging out …
Completed Location #06 LOCATIONTraders Alley ABOUT THE ARTIST Charley Harper (August 4, 1922 – June 10, 2007) was a Cincinnati-based American Modernist artist. He was born in Frenchton, West Virginia, and attended West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon, West Virginia. Harper’s upbringing on his family farm influenced his work to his last days, and we …
Completed Location #04 LOCATION16 East Main Street ARTIST STATEMENT Rarely do I view something beautiful without calculating how to capture it in a painting! I am particularly inspired by simple scenes, the way sunlight hits a coffee mug or a sleeping cat on a window sill. I want to convey the beauty I see in …
Completed Location #02 ARTIST STATEMENT The image of “Evening Star” was born out of a “landscape/mountain” painting project, which is a series of ten “mountain” paintings that were to be installed at Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh to stimulate conversation between patients, families, and medical staff. The question, “Which mountain are you on today and where …