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Tamer of Wild AnimalsPowder coated steelWayne Trapp
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©2004 - 2010 Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Competition & Exhibition. All rights reserved.
The Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Competition & Exhibition is a national juried competition presented annually by the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts on the campus of Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. The Rosen has become an integral part of An Appalachian Summer Festival, the university's annual multi-arts celebration presented by the Office of Arts & Cultural Programs.
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Artist's Comments
necessary to have dreams, at times bigger than life, then to make those dreams become a reality (many of my large corporate sculptures are examples.) To look at a raw piece of marble, or a sheet of steel and dream of what it could be, then to transform it from a dream to a tangible form, this is what I live for. Secondly, to always remain curious and surprised by all things and thoughts. This very curiosity propels me to invent, to make, to do and to create my art. There is a joy of innocent wonder that children possess which sadly enough we tend to lose, as we grow older. Why? How? And Wow? We tend to shred our dreams and have preconceived notions we learn and we accept as adults. I try to look a the light, colors, and the shapes of the world around me and turn this into art.
I believe that it's important to have an abstract sculpture as a part of a growing community. Children especially, as well adults would be influenced in ways that we may never know. For more than 35 years I have created and installed sculptures around the United States and other countries that are as strong standing and have gracefully remained valid works of art since the day they were installed.
About the Artist
"Trapp the painter, emerged full-blown from the stone carver, took what he could not say in bronze and marble and let go with it in oil and ink on canvas and paper. His oils deliver to the eye a feast of color and stroke saturated with childlike curiosity and adult confidence. Not for the meek, his work aims at the alive and well, begging appetite, thirst, and desire. His fabled nudes in ink and wash on handmade paper are simple lines curving and soaring to become women of sophistication and style, women with secrets, women known or would like to know.
"With unbridled energy and an insatiable passion for everything that crosses his path, Trapp forever seeks interchange, new ground, and a good time."
waynetrapp.com
December 13, 2007
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