And Then One Day….It Happened
Locust wood, deck screws, preservative stain
144 x36 x 36 inches
$7,000

Charlie Brower
Willis, VA

“Recently most of my outdoor sculptures have been human figures. The ideas for them come from my personal experiences. Occasionally I experience, or think something that seems to resonate with meaning going beyond my personal life and I turn it into a sculpture. I hope viewers will recognize in these figures something of what it means to be human.

I make them out of locust wood that grows in the Blue Ridge Mountains where I live.  Locust has been the traditional wood of choice for fence posts because it is extremely hard and very resistant to weather and rot. This also makes it a good material for outdoor sculptures. 
For each sculpture I use some locust directly from logs and limbs, and some that has been cut into lumber by sawmills. Together they suggest the way we humans seem to be both part of nature and products of our own invention.

We live in a difficult era – humans and the earth are in trouble on every front. I cannot make art without thinking about this situation. 
I find myself asking – how should we live, what should we do, what is beautiful, true, good, and important now?”