The Art of Charles Pilkey

STARS

For the first time in the history of our planet a species has risen that will soon be self-evolving. Genetic engineering, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology - Will we use our new found technological triumphs to patch up a broken paradise? Will we distinguish ourselves as a race of benign star-roving supermen? Or will our ancient reptilian savagery extinguish us in war and ecological ruin? The oddsmakers these days say it's an even bet either way.

Like all artists I am indebted to great minds both past and present. But my best mentors have always been cold mountain winds, the sound of waves at night, campfires under stars as innumerable as dust on a vagabond's blanket - earth, air, fire, water, stars.

House of Worship    color pencil  40x50cm

City People   color pencil  37x53cm

Babel    color pencil  38x53cm

Genesis    etching   27x37cm

Madonna From Nagasaki color pencil   50x60cm

Green City    color pencil

Architectural Fantasy    mixed media

I will not be clapped in a hood, Nor a cage,nor alight upon wrist. Now I`ve learned to be proud, Hovering over the wood In the broken mist And tumbling cloud                                                                     Yeats

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Charles Pilkey is a sculptor living in Charlotte, North Carolina with his wife and son and two cats. He lived for fourteen years in Japan where he taught sculpture at Kyushu Sangyo University. His work can be seen in private and public collections in China, Italy, Japan, Korea, Turkey and the U.S. He dreams of one day carving on the moon.