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Artist Statement:
www.georgefishmanmosaics.com
I became captured by mosaics in the late 1980s while exploring the remains of beautifully patterned 4th century Roman floors in southwestern France.
Returning to Miami, I began exploring and experimenting, creating a personal course of study. After a couple of years, I was fortuitously rewarded with a large commission for a park in suburban Washington, D.C. (twenty-eight portraits, spiraling around a column), which engaged me for most of a year and convinced me that mosaic work would be my career. I studied art in college, but had done various things to survive since then.
Currently I work primarily on commissioned projects; I enjoy the research and problem solving process of the design phase, which also gets me out of the studio and into dialogue with clients and colleagues. My familiarity with the tradition of mosaics, and with the practical considerations, permit me to facilitate the successful evolution of an inspiration into tangible reality. Most of my projects involve representational subjects, and my clients most often present themes, rather than specific imagery to “translate” into mosaics.
The execution phase is generally a solitary one, but I don't mind the "hermit-like" weeks. My studio ...
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