Meet the Artist

Sculpture has been my artistic passion since 1972 when I was experimenting with paper mache and clay in school. I also realised then that I loved “BIG”! All my work seems to have size, no matter what the medium. As I journeyed through life, exploring the different types of materials, I grew to love three materials the most. My first love is metal. I have worked in metals since 1973 and artistically since the early 90’s. Wood became enjoyable but I always love adding challenges to it, such as multiple types of timber together or changing grains in varying directions. Now stone has caught my fancy since about 2006. Combining these mediums into projects is fun and challenging at the same time!

These days, you can laser print, laser cut, 3D print and computer generate just about anything. I’m sure there is some talent in the writing of the software program to invent these, but what is sad is that the world is now saturated by laser cut “anything”. While it may be great looking stuff, I personally struggle to call it “art”.

In my years of working in sculpture, I have used just about every method of metal working that there is from bronze casting, all methods of welding, gas cutting, plasma cutting, bending, shaping, stretching and manipulating metals. I believe that metal art is a hand crafted art form, not a hobby. Faults, defects and blemishes are part of the “human” that goes into making it. It reflects the artist themself.

At The Metalist, you won’t find laser of any form. What you will find is imagination, unique, thought provoking art and, yes, faults, defects and blemishes.

Kevin