 |
About the Artist
Charles has been working in the
sculpture business since the mid '70's when he taught at the Johnson Atelier
and Tech School of Sculpture in New Jersey.
"My goal as an artist
is to create highly representational depictions of pleasurable sights and
sensations. I try to find things that interest me. It may be a
person or it may be an activity. They are usually commonplace, such as
my wife sitting quietly, or a neighbor trying to ice skate; those intimate,
informal or private moments rather than the standard ceremonial poses.
These figures may not
be doing anything significant with their bodies, but confront the beholder
as a powerful human presence with a vitality of their own. Even though I
sculpt realistically, many times a gesture works better than a tight
representation. I like to see the clay's smudge, scrape marks and
texture. It is exciting to take clay, which comes from the earth, and
make it into an image of something living, a figure with presence, and then
bring it to bronze which will last for generations."
Awards
- The Renee & Chaim Gross Foundation
Award, Audubon Artist, 2003
- The Calvary Baptist Church Award,
American Artists Professional
League, 2003
- Richard Reccia Sculpture Memorial
Award, North Shore Art Assoc., 2003
- Jocelyn Edelston Memorial Award,
Rockport Art Association, 2003
- Dr. Robert L. Bertolli Award for
Traditional Sculpture,
Academic Artists Association, 2002
- Richmond Sculpture Award,
Salmagundi Club, NY, 2000
- The Greg Wyatt Award, Hudson
Valley Art Association, NY, 2000
- Richard Reccia Memorial Award,
North Shore Art Association, 2000
- The Academic Artists Association
Award, Academic Artists Association, 2000
- The Leonard J.
Meiselman Award,
American Artists Professional League, New York, 1999
- Honor Award,
Sculpture, Academic Artist Association, 1999
- Honorable Mention,
Sculpture, Hilton Head Art Association, 1999
- Allied Artists of
America Members and Associates Award,
Allied Artists of America, Inc., New York, 1998
- First Place Award
Sculpture, New England Exhibition,
Cape Cod Art Association, 1998
- The Elliot Liskin
Memorial Award, Audubon Artists Inc.,
New York, 1998
- The Paul Manship
Memorial Award,
North Shore Artists Association, 1998
- Best of Show
(Sculpture), Arts Around Boston, 1998
- Second Place,
Beacon Hill Art Walk, 1998
- Certificate of
Merit, North Shore Art Association, 1998
- Juror's Award of
Merit, New England Impressions Open Juried
Exhibition, Cape Cod Art Association, 1998
- Juror's Award of
Merit, The Ceil Scaramelli Memorial Exhibition,
Cape Cod Art Association, 1998
- Best Figurative
Sculpture, Federal Reserve Show
New England Sculptor Association, 1997
Art Memberships
& Associations
- Salmagundi Club,
New York
- Rockport Art
Association
- North Shore Art
Association
- Cape Cod Art
Association
- The American
Artists Professional League, NY
- New England
Sculptors Association
- Academic Artists
Association
- Allied Artists of
America, Inc., NY
- Audubon Artists,
Inc., NY
Current Gallery
Representations
- Art Research Associated, So.
Hamilton, MA
- McDougall Fine
Arts, Gloucester, MA
- State of the Arts
Gallery, Gloucester, MA
- Swain Gallery,
Plainfield, NJ
- Train Station
Gallery, West Stockbridge, MA
- The Walsingham
Gallery, Newburyport, MA
|
