With over four decades of devotion to the medium of clay, my practice is a lifelong dialogue with form. My journey has been a non-linear evolution, encompassing years as an educator in the art department of Cambrian College and a significant chapter within the technology sector. I have come to see my time in the computer industry not as a hiatus from my craft, but as a parallel creative pursuit; I found that the architecture of technology and the logic of systems require a creative spark equal to that of the studio, though expressed through a different language.<\/p>\n
Ultimately, however, the tactile pull of the earth remained my constant. My work is a search for the “essence” of things\u2014a pursuit heavily influenced by the anthropomorphic abstractions of Henry Moore and the essentialist forms of Constantin Brancusi. I am equally drawn to the emotive, flowing beauty of Auguste Rodin\u2019s La Dana\u00efde<\/i> and the visceral weight of his Burghers of Calais<\/i>.<\/p>\n
On the spectrum between the Classical and the Romantic, my work lives firmly in the latter. I am captivated by spontaneity and the profound emotive responses it can evoke in the viewer. While I plan my compositions to provide a structural foundation, I find no joy in the process unless there is room for the unexpected. As Brancusi once observed:<\/p>\n
“There are idiots who define my work as abstract; yet what they call abstract is what is most realistic. What is real is not the appearance, but the idea, the essence of things.”<\/em><\/p>\n Through my sculpture, I strive to peel back the appearance of the world to reveal that underlying essence, allowing the clay to speak with its own spontaneous, romantic voice.<\/p>\n Contact information: \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>705-691-0201<\/p>\n rock@bivens.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With over four decades of devotion to the medium of clay, my practice is a lifelong dialogue with form. My journey has been a non-linear evolution, encompassing years as an educator in the art department of Cambrian College and a significant chapter within the technology sector. I have come to see my time in the … Continue reading Overview<\/span>