Tin Men

Tin Men, by Valerie Bunnell, coming soon to a website near you. If you can't wait to see them, stop by the gallery and say hello!

"Old dolls, marionettes and puppets continue to fascinate me with their enigmatic spirits and hidden past lives. As an artist I have always wanted to create unusual objects that could refer to other realities, which would possess a mysterious logic of existence. My first ceramic figure began as a kind of recreation of an antique doll.

As I carve, texture and mark the clay, a narrative identity emerges. The narrative implications of the work seem to originate as much with the viewer as with myself. In the Tin men series the antique container inspires the character. These one-of-a-kind figures display a richness of texture and hand coloring. Whether suspended or standing on their own, one may discover their personalities, open them up, and even use them to hide small treasures." - Valerie Bunnell

Fobots

Fobots!

From the website:

Each Fobot is numbered, with a copper plate on its back bearing the word "FOBOT" and its individual number. We call them butt tags.

Warning: Fobots are not toys, they are not functional, and they will not go on a rampage while you sleep. May contain lead solder (duh!), so don't eat them.

You can see our Fobots here.

emergency broadcast - retiring artist!

There are some things you think will always be around.

Arthur Bauman's mobiles have been a signature of our Commercial Street gallery for years. When visitors talk about this location, they often refer to it as "the gallery with the mobiles." That's about to change. If you've been putting off picking out the one you'd like, the time is now!

Arthur recently told us he's retiring after many years of making mobiles - a career which follows an already full career in the Foreign Service.

We have mobiles in the Orleans gallery and in the Commercial Street, Wellfleet, gallery. There are also some smaller, table pieces available in Wellfleet. You can see them on the web, although it is by no means a complete representation of the hanging pieces. They are the dickens to photograph, so we haven't posted all of them.

If there's one you're interested in, please give us a call soon. When they're gone, they're gone!


We wish Arthur and his wife a very happy (and well-deserved) retirement.

sculptors sculpting

If you've ever wondered about the casting process of sculpture, wonder no more. Bill Starke, whose works are at our gallery in Orleans, shared this website about an installation he did for Regis Jesuit High School.


Look here to see a slideshow of the casting, finishing, and installation of The Climbers. Each climber is about 32” long and weighs 20 pounds. Nine of them are on this 30' wall.

According to Bill, the installation is a "visual metaphor of the concept of climbing to the next level in life, the struggle to achieve and the journey to accomplish a goal. It also references the concept that the things we accomplish in life happen with the help of others."

Jim Mullan - Vintage Birds

Jim Mullan begins by hand painting each bird, to which he adds a variety of vintage pieces. The unusual relic’s he uses in his sculptures, such as croquet balls, binoculars and old toys, give each inspiring bird its own personality. Objects that were cast aside as useless are used in his designs to demonstrate the fragile balance between nature and industry.

The birds give life to the once forgotten pieces of yesterday. We invite the observer to find warmth, history, and humor in each and every bird sculpture.

The vintage bird collection is on display in Orleans, as part of our Flight: Birds in Art exhibit. See the collection on our website if you can't make it in person!

Paul Sumner

Paul Sumner's sculpture has evolved over the years to become an expression of all his passions, not just his love of the medium of wood. He began more than 20 years ago as a traditional wood craftsman, making jewelry boxes and furniture. His interests branched out to explore the textural possibilities of weed, then to color, and on to the addition of other materials until his work became truly mixed-media.

Paul's most recent work involves combining metal with wood. An avid collector, Paul finds antique tins to be outstanding for their color and pattern. The tins also allow him the opportunity to explore the possibility of introducing words into the pieces. He likes to hint at meaning or humor using text he extracts from his tins.

His mixed-media bird sculptures are part of our "Flight: Birds in Art" collection, currently showing in Orleans (through July 19). His birds can be seen on our website.

Jim Mullan

Did you see Jim Mullan's assembled sculptures in Mary Engelbreit's Home Companion? That's his bird sitting on a croquet ball over there on the far left. We've had several calls from people looking for the birds, thanks to Google! Lucky for us (and them), some new birds just flew in. Read more about Jim here. And see which birds we have currently here.

We first saw these birds when they were part of our Migration show last spring. The show was a big success and many of the artists are eager for the Second Annual Migration Show. Stay tuned.

Migration opens tomorrow!

If you want a peek, all the pieces are up on the website:
Ellen Granter
Kathleen Speranza
James Carter
Marilee Hall
Christina Goodman
Jim Mullan
James Popp

Sneak Peek!

We just got the found-object sculptures in from Jim Mullan, which will be part of our Migration Show in Orleans (it opens next week).

The whole collection will be posted to our website on June 15th. Stay tuned!