These two are selected from a dozen or so sculptures that are only two to three inches high. At that size they exist more in the mind of the viewer than in real volumetric space and therefore can have whatever scale the viewer gives them. I like to imagine them about twelve feet high.
Commercially, they were very successful. I sold them all, most to Allan Stone in New York. I considered continuing to mine those ideas.
An artist whose work is selling comes under external pressure to evolve slowly if at all. Most collectors are comfortable buying work which looks like the work that preceded it and are happy to see subsequent work that looks a lot like what they bought. They feel the artist has validates the work by continuing to commit time and energy to similar work. .
Dealers
etablish a market into which the new work fits easily only if it is
similar.
Dealers and critics often advise artists to change slowly. Give the
public
time to adjust to the new. This is good advice for the artist who is
looking
to build a collecting base.
However, I was never interested in that. If I were interested in making money, I would never have become an artist. I want to do what I want to do. I was drawn to the visual arts because, like life, it is an absurd activity, one that needs no validation outside of itself. Art and making money are two separate activities. An artist can safely combine them only with the realization that they have nothing to do with each other. Allan Stone was good with this and continued to give me shows and support. He was an exceptional individual.
