'Waters:' Sculptural Work by Clay Enoch

About the Exhibit:
For many years, I have incorporated fused glass elements into my bronze figurative compositions. This show represents more exploration with bronze and terracotta into themes around water represented by resin and by kiln-cast glass.
– Clay Enoch

About the Artist:
I was born and raised in Tennessee where I participated in the Governor’s School for the Fine Arts before earning my BFA from Wheaton College in Illinois. I have been self employed and living as a sculptor in Colorado Springs since 1996.

As I see it, art is personal. It manifests from the deeper levels of an individual. Because faith is an integral part of my life, when I sculpt, this theme surfaces consistently. My work ranges in style from representational to abstract, but my passion is to express the figure as simply as possible to capture the essence of the pose and create space for the transcendent message to resonate with the viewer.

My work has been exhibited in galleries in Denver, Littleton, Colorado Springs,
Loveland, Breckenridge, and Vail, CO, Taos, NM, Naples, FL, Philadelphia, PA
Salt Lake City, Park City, and St. George, UT, and Memphis and Nashville, TN

Artist Statement:
“The human figure is endlessly expressive; it can evoke a simple feeling or it can tell an elaborate story…”
My work gravitates toward uplifting and inspirational themes, often ancient themes, leveraging the figure’s range to draw out transcendent truth and contemporary messages of hope and redemption. Within this context, my emphasis is on composition. Be it animals, skiers, or children, I am looking for the right posture, the most natural stance, the proper spacing, the perfect tension to make the work sculpturally compelling. I strive for conceptual consistency from the style and patina through to the presentation on the base.