Ken Speiser
Sculptures priced $250 - $1,200
While Martiesian finds inspiration in the natural, Speiser is an urbanite. The sculptor introduces a new body of polychrome wood sculptures where he tames raw wood scraps with paint and color, then assembles them into quirky tableaus. Geometric shapes of squares, rectangles and triangles combine with cast off plywood from a carpenter’s floor to transmute into trees, creatures, ships, neighborhoods and forests.
At times whimsical, at times rough, these little sculptures (mostly under 12") become characters in a narrative. They test the viewers imagination like a Rorschach inkblot psych test to identify and analyze art objects from the isolation of the individual to the interplay of the group dynamic.
"A sense of humor is very much part of my work. This is not Angst-ridden work." - SpeiserArtist Bio and Networks Video portrait