2007 Loveland Sculpture Show

Go Fish by Randy Hand^
"Sculpture in the Park" and "Sculpture Invitational" were great this year, as always, and I try to make it a habit of posting a few of the sculptures that caught my eye during the show. I would like to take some time to explain a bit about why I come to show every year, besides just to see great art. I believe that every artist should view and experience as much art and as many types of art as possible. Aesthetic diversity can consciously and unconsciously add to our own art, expand our creative potential, and inspire us to create.

Thinking out of the Box by Rod Ford^
I like to think of an artist as a sponge. When a wet sponge is wiped over something, it picks up a residue, and if it isn't wrung out, some of that residue comes off on everything it's placed on. The same applies to viewing and experiencing a wide diversity of arts. Although you may not realize it, you are influenced by the art you enjoy and elements of the art you enjoy manifest themselves in your personal aesthetic when you create. The degree that those artistic elements influence you unconsciously might depend on your degree of creative talent.

The Oracle by Gil Bruvel^
Different types of art can expand what you think is possible in concept and form. Although I believe that an entirely new ideas do not exist, just new combinations, I believe that the world of art is full of endless possibilities, and that those possibilities are explored as artists create. We can only create from what we know. When we view other form and design combinations, we know more. After we know that these combinations are possible, we can add those possibilities to the ones we know, enabling us to create new combinations; thus, original art.

Incubation by Katie Caron^
The new possibilities presented by diverse aesthetics can inspire us as artists. An artist has a choice with this fact. Although certain arts may seem completely unrelated to the art you create, you must understand that, like language, all arts use the same design elements but in a different form. Take writing and speaking for example. Both use the same words and can embody the same combinations when applied with skill. When you realize the connections between all the arts, you can be just as inspired by great separate area of art as you are by your own--if that makes any sense.

Village Life Africa by Stacy Bayne^
As a 3D animator, the sculpture show--as well as other gallery shows--has taught me how art outside of my artistic focus can influence my art, helps me synthesize new possibilities, and artistically inspire me. That's small part of why I go to the show.

Iztacuauhtli (WhiteEagle) by David Enrique Garcia^

Laughter series by Michael Buonaiuto and Shelly Tincher Buonaiuto^


Band of Brothers by James Muir^