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Terry Kreiter

Favorite Medium: sculpture
Statement: I have been making art in various media for more than 40 years. In the last 20 years most of my concentration has been in bronze cast sculpture. I still draw, paint and fabricate. I work in my studio / foundry which I designed and built behind my home.My current work is bronze cast and fabricated sculpture. The castings are unique (one of a kind ), and cast from original wax patterns into sacrificial flasks. This method of finality makes certain that the sculpture has been well thought out and brought to a conclusion that allows me to move on to the next piece.I think of my sculpture as personal antidotal artifacts. They are illustrations of literature, conversations, events and thoughts. My sculpture is preceded by many drawings and paintings which leads me to create relationships between the objects, symbols and images in a stream of consciousness sort of way; and, which allows them to take on a life of their own. In this way IÂ’m assembling something like a montage; and in a way, IÂ’m playing in the sandbox.I render the objects, symbols, details and surfaces in a comic book style. Using the sculpture as a code or coda I strive to offer more than enough details and symbolism to allow the viewer to complete the idea and make it their own.
Birth City: Washington, USA

Awards: 2000; Sculpture Is, San Jose Art League Sculpture Competition, 1st Place 1996; National Photography Competition, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, NM, 3rd Place 1994; Peninsula Sculpture VI, Peninsula Sculptor's Guild, Belmont, CA, Kenneth Baker Juror's Award 1991; First Biennial Competitive Exhibition, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA Purchase Award 1991; 19th Annual All 2D Statewide Competition, San Jose Art League, San Jose, CA Special Juror's Award 1988; Olympiad of the Arts, Visual Arts Competition, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA 1st Place, Sculpture

Terry Kreiter

California art

bronze 11 x 14 x 5

Terry Kreiter

California art

bronze 8 x 8 x 6