My urge to create is overwhelming.\u00a0 My inspirations are many. \u00a0The endless quest to capture the human form is the driving force in my figurative work.\u00a0 My ultimate goal is to make a piece of stone appear to come to life.\u00a0 For my abstract work, nature has provided a bountiful supply of inspiration in organic shapes everywhere I look.\u00a0 It could be the graceful bending form of an ocean-side pine tree sculpted by a steady trade wind or a very close-up view of a small curved animal bone.\u00a0 I never know exactly when or where an inspiring image or thought might occur. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have focused my efforts on stones such as marble and alabaster.\u00a0 I relish the tremendous effort necessary to coax the beauty from a material that has inherent resistance to change.\u00a0 The tremendous permanence of stone sculpture has also drawn me to this medium.\u00a0 To realize that a sculpture I create today could be around hundreds of years from now is very satisfying.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In my future work, I will explore abstract and realistic figurative work and challenge the physical limitations of what can be sculpted in stone.\u00a0 In addition, I want to explore the family unit and children in my work. \u00a0I receive plenty of inspiration for this from the love and joy I share with my wife and three children. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
My urge to create is overwhelming.\u00a0 My inspirations are many. \u00a0The endless quest to capture the human form is the driving force in my figurative work.\u00a0 My ultimate goal is to make a piece of stone appear to come to life.\u00a0 For my abstract work, nature has provided a bountiful supply of inspiration in organic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-45","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/billcookjr.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/billcookjr.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/billcookjr.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billcookjr.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billcookjr.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/billcookjr.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/billcookjr.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}