DAVID CARMICHAEL – ARTIST STATEMENT
From the first moment that I touched chisel to stone I experienced an instantaneous and profound connection that deepens with every work. It has been the discovery of a true love and calling. It is a spiritual awakening that illuminates my life. Each work is journey of discovery of the forms and energies inherit in the stone as well as my artistic vision. I love the resistance of the stone. I strive through form, line, volume and space to conjure emotion and the ineffable mysteries of life that lie beneath the surface of our perception. I very much enjoy the “thing-ness” of sculpture. I work the stone to give shape to my experience while the stone, in turn, inspires and guides my hand and eye infusing my spirit with its beauty and power. |