And Then One Day... It Happened
Locust wood, deck screws, preservative stain, 12' x 3' x 3'Charlie Brouwer, Floyd, VA
Location: Green space beside Shelby Street municipal parking lot
In 2003 I turned to the human figure for my outdoor sculptures. I depict people in poses and situations that reveal something of the human condition — our desires, wonders and work, our questions concerning our purpose, and about our relationships with each other and the world. I make them out of locust wood because it is the hardest, and most naturally weather resistant wood available. It grows in my region and has been the traditional fence post wood. A combination of milled lumber and natural tree trunks and limbs provide me with an interesting variety of geometric and organic planes and forms to construct my figures. This combination also suggests that humans are part nature and part their own invention.
I intended And Then One Day... It Happened to be about someone who had desired transcendence or enlightenment and then it suddenly happened and became a means to rise above himself.
Charlie Brouwer was born in Holland, MI.