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Robert Spies

Sculptor and Printmaker

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Hominid
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Animus Brevis
Artist Statement
I first imagined figures in tree trunks and was eventually able to realize them with gouges and files. It was deeply satisfying, yet I wanted more and “better."  And so I kept going, turning to the early modernists often for my fixes and inspiration. Then, later it was the cubists and especially Paleolithic and tribal art from southern Europe, Oceania, Africa and elsewhere.   The work can be a delicate charcoal and ochre rendering of a bison on a cave wall or an abstract hardwood figure with planes and simplified features from Micronesia. I also cast aluminum and bronze, make mud paintings and collages. I source my sketchbook for etchings and block prints.  We reinvent “ourselves” every moment, a liberating metaphor for our work.
 
 
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Bob's Lino Print
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Cretian Jester
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Miss Celling
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Macrocystis, Solar Plate Etching
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U2 Wood Sculpture
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Ukraine. Monoprint,
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Untitled Collage, Mixed Media
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A Day, Solar Plate Etching
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Sea Palm, Solar Plate Etching

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  • Welcome !
  • Artists
    • Monthly Sampler
    • Photography >
      • Shanti Balsé
      • Sharon Garner
      • Pat Toth-Smith
    • Painting, Printmaking, Drawing, Multimedia >
      • Mary T. Anderson
      • Shanti Benoit
      • Karen Bowers
      • Laura Corben
      • David L. Cross
      • Joseph DuVivier
      • Stephen Garner
      • Debra Lennox
      • Karen Embree Reynolds
      • Robert Spies
      • Lynne Whiting
      • Robert Yelland (paintings)
      • Lynne Zickerman Olson
    • Jewelry, Sculpture, Ceramics, other 3D Art >
      • Jim Cowles
      • Maralee Greene (ceramics)
      • Robert Spies Sculpture
      • Robert Yelland (jewelry)
    • Guest Artists >
      • Lynne Butler (Ceramics)
      • Sev Ickes (Joyous Scenes)
      • Wendell Rickon (Upcycle Woodwork)
      • Robert Spies Sculpture
  • About Us
    • Find and Contact Us
    • Information, Calendar, Kudo
  • Exhibitions
    • Current Featured Artist
    • Online Exhibitions >
      • Selected Conundrums
      • Ekphrasis IX 2020 Exhibition
      • Ekphrasis XII 2023 Exhibition
      • Ekphrasis X 2021 Exhibition
      • Heart and Flowers
      • Ekphrasis XI 2022 Exhibition >
        • Marine Mendocino
        • Transitions
        • Collaborative Collages
      • Ekphrasis XIII 2024 Exhibition
  • ArtNotes