Artist Information:
Dan Woodard
Redwood City, CA
United States
Member Since: May 2010
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Artist Statement:
Archetypes...Myths...Rituals.
I have long been intrigued and
fascinated by these concepts.
In my sculptures, both
figurative and abstract, I
employ these aspects of a
collective unconscious to
evoke an emotional state
within the viewer.
In my figurative work, my goal
is to capture the myriad
changing state of the human
condition through subtle
changes in facial countenance
and body language. The end
result shows how the inner
condition is expressed by the
outward form while also
conveying a sense of this
expression transcending both
time and history. In my
abstract sculptures, I have
recreated the numinous quality
of subconsciously shared
images, stories, and
ceremonial rites. The
sculptures, themselves, are
composed of abstract forms
that are covered with a rich,
textural surface. The end
result is a complex organic
piece that evokes a sense of
ancient artifacts, of
ritualistic objects from some
unknown culture, or of
imagined landscapes.
However, be it figurative or
abstract, my ultimate goal is
to have the viewer feel a
sense of familiarity with the
work...a sense of having
experienced this before. I
believe this feeling of déjà
vu arises from both the
collective unconscious and a
mystical center we all share.
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Artist Exhibitions:
2010
"Figures and Faces" Pacific
Art League, Palo Alto, CA
"Art Outside the Box" Pacific
Art League, Palo Alto, CA
"California Open" Long Beach,
CA
"Made in California" City of
Brea, CA
"Silicon Valley Open Studios"
Redwood City, CA
"San Francisco Open Studios"
San Francisco, CA
2011
"SVOS 25th Anniversary ...
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Dan Woodard's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Dan Woodard's Portfolio.
Archetypes...Myths...Rituals. I have long been intrigued and fascinated by these concepts. In my sculptures, both figurative and abstract, I employ these aspects of a collective unconscious to evoke an emotional state within the viewer.
In my figurative work, my goal is to capture the myriad changing state of the human condition through subtle changes in facial countenance and body language. The end result shows how the inner condition is expressed by the outward form while also conveying a sense of this expression transcending both time and history. In my abstract sculptures, I have recreated the numinous quality of subconsciously shared images, stories, and ceremonial rites. The sculptures, themselves, are composed of abstract forms that are covered with a rich, textural surface. The end result is a complex organic piece that evokes a sense of ancient artifacts, of ritualistic objects from some unknown culture, or of imagined landscapes.
However, be it figurative or abstract, my ultimate goal is to have the viewer feel a sense of familiarity with the work...a sense of having experienced this before. I believe this feeling of déjà vu arises from both the collective unconscious and a mystical center we all share.
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