SCULPTURE
When I was young…
I was only interested in performing. But later, I became fascinated while looking at classic marble sculptures in a museum and couldn’t imagine how someone took heavy rocks and created such beautiful objects. I took a stone-carving lesson and got hooked. Soon after, life intervened for 25 years until 2006. I enrolled in a studio class at The DeCordova Museum School in Lincoln, MA and never stopped. Since then, I’ve studied with master carvers and sculptors at Studio Corsanini in Carrara, Italy, Chautauqua Institution's School of Art in NY, and several New England sculptors.
As a visual artist, Bill carves abstract sculptures from alabaster, soapstone, marble, and “lighter” materials.
Over the years, he’s exhibited extensively at juried shows throughout New England, New York, internationally, and online and has received a number of showcase awards. In 2018, he was invited by the European Cultural Center to create a new installation for the 2019 Venice-Biennale in Palazzo Moro. Also in 2019, Bill was awarded a sculpture residency in Merida, Mexico. For several years he was president and an active board member of the New England Sculptors Association.
“From my initial exposure to stone carving so long ago, I discovered that an essential element of my creative process is to let go of any preconceptions of what the stone might evolve into before I put hammer to chisel. I become as familiar as possible with the raw stone -- its surface characteristics, structural elements, and internal composition – before doing any serious preparation or visioning. Then I settle on an initial direction and image, which inevitably changes until I discover the final path that leads to complete the piece.
After several years of having sculptural works evolve without the end in mind, letting go is more comfortable allowing an organic, deeper, non-linear process to have free rein from beginning to end. Often, the state-of-flow is so strong that it doesn’t feel as if I’m consciously guiding the tools; until at some point a sculpture starts taking shape.”
Since restarting his professional acting career in 2012, he realized the similarities between the process of developing a character and creating 3-D art. If you are interested in his proccess or curious about sculpture, let him know. You can learn how sculptures are made and see some of Bill’s work, below.
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To contact Bill about purchasing a current piece or commissioning a custom one, email him by clicking below.
