Tex Isham
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b. 1931, Los Angeles, California
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
2006 Turned & Sculptured Wood, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
California Contours 2006, Art Center, San Luis Obispo, CA
2005 Collectors of Wood Art Forum, Philidelphia, PA
California Visions Art Auction, Long Beach Museum of Art,
Long Beach, CA
2004 Artisan's Market, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
2003 Collectors of Wood Art Forum, Santa Fe, NM
Trees to Treasures, Glendale Woodturner's Guild, Brand Gallery,
Glendale, CA
2002 Wood Turning in North America, Yale University, New Haven, CT
2001 Selected Wood 2001, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2000 Turned Wood 2000, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1998 Woodturning Show, Glendale Woodturner's Guild, del Mano Gallery, Pasadena, CA
Third National Exhibition of the AAW, Akron, OH
1996 Second National Exhibition of the AAW, Fitchburg Art Museum, MA
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2004 Wood Art Today, Dona Z. Meilach, Schiffer Publishing Ltd.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Tex Isham was born in Los Angeles and has been a graphic artist much of his adult life. He completed design classes at Chounard Institute and Art Center School of Design. His years of experience as an artist and consultant to large corporations developed his passion for design and love of craftsmanship. A chance visit to the 1991 Los Angeles, Challenge IV: International Lathe Turned Objects exhibit, inspired and motivated his artistic focus to explore Woodturning. His early forms embody the familiar, while his current work is abstract sculptural forms that have no direct reference to external or perceived reality. He focuses on the interplay of geometric shapes and the rhythmic flow of surfaces, endowing a static structure with a sense of motion and harmony.
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
My creative focus is giving a block of wood a notable identity . . .
This quest motivates me to create a visually compelling abstract sculpture. Bestowing upon the wood an elegant yet elusive character thereby, providing it a memorable attribute.
My inspirations come from human creations versus those of nature . . .
I seek images that stimulate me to explore the fusion of a two-dimensional image into a three- sculpture. Thus begins the process of integrating a block of wood with its own spirit.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
2006 Turned & Sculptured Wood, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
California Contours 2006, Art Center, San Luis Obispo, CA
2005 Collectors of Wood Art Forum, Philidelphia, PA
California Visions Art Auction, Long Beach Museum of Art,
Long Beach, CA
2004 Artisan's Market, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
2003 Collectors of Wood Art Forum, Santa Fe, NM
Trees to Treasures, Glendale Woodturner's Guild, Brand Gallery,
Glendale, CA
2002 Wood Turning in North America, Yale University, New Haven, CT
2001 Selected Wood 2001, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2000 Turned Wood 2000, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1998 Woodturning Show, Glendale Woodturner's Guild, del Mano Gallery, Pasadena, CA
Third National Exhibition of the AAW, Akron, OH
1996 Second National Exhibition of the AAW, Fitchburg Art Museum, MA
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2004 Wood Art Today, Dona Z. Meilach, Schiffer Publishing Ltd.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Tex Isham was born in Los Angeles and has been a graphic artist much of his adult life. He completed design classes at Chounard Institute and Art Center School of Design. His years of experience as an artist and consultant to large corporations developed his passion for design and love of craftsmanship. A chance visit to the 1991 Los Angeles, Challenge IV: International Lathe Turned Objects exhibit, inspired and motivated his artistic focus to explore Woodturning. His early forms embody the familiar, while his current work is abstract sculptural forms that have no direct reference to external or perceived reality. He focuses on the interplay of geometric shapes and the rhythmic flow of surfaces, endowing a static structure with a sense of motion and harmony.
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
My creative focus is giving a block of wood a notable identity . . .
This quest motivates me to create a visually compelling abstract sculpture. Bestowing upon the wood an elegant yet elusive character thereby, providing it a memorable attribute.
My inspirations come from human creations versus those of nature . . .
I seek images that stimulate me to explore the fusion of a two-dimensional image into a three- sculpture. Thus begins the process of integrating a block of wood with its own spirit.