Chauncey
By Jim Budish, Installed 2003
“As a Colorado Native, I studied sculpture at the Art Students League of Denver and the Loveland Academy of Fine Arts, as well as participating in International Sculpture Center workshops at the Art Institute of Chicago. I sculpt in clay on maquette size works and cast in bronze via the lost wax method. On life size and monumental works I prefer to sculpt in low density foam with a hot-knife, applying clay to the surface before casting in bronze via the lost wax method.
I began my artistic career sculpting representational, figurative works, studying with and in the tradition of many of the highly regarded sculptors working in and around Loveland and Denver, Colorado. I realized in time, however, that it was neither my desire nor my ambition to sculpt “photographs” in bronze. Rather, I felt that I wanted to create my own new and unique direction in representing the human form and the forms of the multitude of special creatures surrounding us, exploring the unique attitude, emotion, and personality of each, while attempting to capture the “Joie de Vivre” that I believe is lurking somewhere inside all of us.”
