THE ART OF:

p.w.dickson

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In addition to work in traditional materials like bronze, fiberglass, wood, stone, and ceramics I developed an economical and effective way to create large three dimensional works in cast paper.  This process is now used by several commercial hand-made paper makers, including Twinrocker,  for cast paper editions.   The paper is mold made from 100% cotton linter pulp.  The finished pieces are very light weight and surprisingly durable.

defiance clings
 prometheus unbound

My cast paper work capitalizes on the organic and delicate nature of paper as a foil against which the intensity of the human struggle in the sculpture is played.

My drawings are frequently exploratory, involving a purely intuitive search for an expression of my sense of life.  Sometimes they are meant to be complete statements in their own right and occasionally studies, meant only to be part of the sculpture process dealing in a shorthand manner with 3 dimensional ideas.  The media most often used are pencil, ink, and charcoal.  The sizes vary to 40"x60" and the substrate is usually 100% cotton archival paper.

More drawings
Today,
Yesterday's Tomorrow and Tomorrow's Yesterday

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Woodcuts and Lithographs

Downloadable Word document of some of my charcoal drawings

Monumental sculpture and bronze editions of the wall pieces are also available.
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secret-iron
secret-ceramic

Downloadable Word document of the Secret sculptures.

Other work is in precious and semi Precious metals and gems creating small scale "Wearable Art" and Jewelry.

*In all of my work the idea or Philosophy is my primary motivation.  My art is my view of man expressed in the language of movement.  The media of my art is always the servant of the idea, and the idea is that man is a delicate balance of strength and tenderness, of resolve and hesitation, of intensity and repose, and of pride and modesty... and Ultimately man is always the hero.

language of movement

"I want to know, real and living in the hours of my own days,
That glory I create as an illusion."
A.Rand

BACKGROUND AND EDUCATION

EDUCATION:

  • M.B.A. 1996: Houston Baptist University
  • Bachelor of Architecture 1970: University of Oregon
  • City College of  San Francisco, Architecture.
  • San Francisco Institute of Art, Fine Art.
  • Rochester Institute of Technology, Fine Art.

    • EXHIBITIONS OF SCULPTURE AND ART:

  • Over 25 one man exhibitions at independent commercial galleries from New York to BC.
  • Over 30 Group exhibitions at galleries, museums, and other venues.
  • Published and reviewed nationally.
  • Represented in several public collections and numerous private collections.
  • Represented at various times by 8 Galleries nationwide.

    • SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND COLLECTIONS:

  • Houston Art League
  • Houston Assistance League
  • Dimensions Houston
  • Nudes in the Drawing Room Gallery
  • Midtown Art Center
  • Figuratively Speaking Houston
  • Hyatt Regency Monumental Art Shows
  • Bienville Gallery Houston
  • Bienville Gallery New Orleans
  • Hyatt Regency Germany Collection
  • Celebrate Sight Fort Worth
  • Kauffman Gallery Houston
  • Dance Month at the Kaplan Theater-Houston
  • Sculpture Symposium Houston
  • Texas Annual-Austin TX
  • M Bank Houston Collection
  • East End Show-Houston
  • Houston International Festival
  • Shidoni Gallery-SantaFe

    • SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

     
  • Little Egypt Gallery-Houston
  • The Drawing Room Gallery-Houston
  • Bienville Gallery-Houston
  • Bienville Gallery-New Orleans
  • Pierson/Falcone Gallery-Houston
  • Kauffman Gallery-Houston
  • C.G.Jung Educational Center-Houston
  • La Strada Restaurant-Houston
  • Grace Gallery-Vancouver, BC
  • Chetwynd Stapleton Gallery-Portland, OR
  • Allen Augustine Gallery-Lake Tahoe
  • Ann Jacob Gallery-Atlanta
  • Ann Jacob Gallery-Palm Beach
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