Mark Dickson
Dickson Studios LLC
Tallahassee, Florida, United States
Sculpture
Explore the artistic vision and craftsmanship of Mark Dickson
Guardian
Guardian is a figurative abstract sculpture representing a hybrid being. It is designed to be a blend of future technology and the simplicity and beauty of the human form.\r\n\r\nIt is welded steel, and stainless steel. Oxidized and clear coated and is mounted to a concrete base.
5 × 15 × 4 Inches
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Mercury
Mercury is an abstract figurative exploration into hybrid beings, man and machine. It is welded aluminum with an acid etched patina.
3 × 7 × 2 Inches
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Wandering Wall of Strange Ideas
Wandering Wall of Strange Ideas, is a narrative panel construction consisting of circular sculptural vignettes. Each is an abstract construction of welded steel, some include found objects and small constructions. It stands on three legs giving the viewer 2 distinct side views. The work is welded and painted steel.
5 × 7 × 2 Inches
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Transit
Transit is a composition celebrating our love of machines that transport us the world over. Rubber on the road steel wheels on the rails, wind in a sail, or jetting across the sky. Transit is a public sculpture commissioned by the City of Tallahassee\'s public transportation department: StarMetro for their administration offices in 2010. Tallahassee, Florida
8 × 15 × 7 Inches
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Construction to Commemorate
Construction to Commemorate is for me a sculpture that serves as a salute and a farewell to my teachers, mentors and friends no longer with me. in its design and creation are their voices of knowledge and instruction, the many skills that they passed on to me. This sculpture is welded steel and stainless steel, painted. It is designed as a medium, or life sized outdoor sculpture.
5 × 7 × 3 Inches
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Messenger
Messenger is another in my series of hybrid being sculptures. A prophet, teacher, communicator.\r\nIT is welded and bolted steel, and stainless steel
6 × 11 × 4 Inches
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Hammerhead Apparatus
Hammerhead Apparatus is one of three pieces that were created for an invitational exhibition at The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee Fl in 2010. The sculpture is a riff on ancient futurism, the blending of strange technology and the beauty of form. The material is welded aluminum,\r\npainted and burnished.
19 × 26 × 13 Inches
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Winged Victory
Winged Victory is one the three pieces created for an invitational exhibition at The High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee FL in 2010. The work is a future reference to ancient myth. the material is aluminum, welded and mechanically fastened. I have finish the piece with an acid etched patina to bring out the character of the metal and raw polished edges for strong contrast.
17 × 25 × 15 Inches
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About the Artist
Mark Dickson starts with concepts like form, negative space, and abstract suggestion. Then guided by themes like; music, flight, wind, water, machinery, and even personal guardians, he shapes freestanding or pedestal-mounted sculptures. He combines shapes to form a single piece of singular emotional influence. The result is a realization of the beauty of the abstract form.
Mark draws on knowledge acquired from independent studies in metal design, fabrication, casting, foundry methods, and blacksmithing. Three influences were; Professors Jim Devore of Sierra College in California, Charles Hook, the late Professor of Sculpture at Florida State University, and the late Master Craftsman Jerry Grice. Marks’ work is collected throughout the United States in public and private collections. His fluid large-scale pieces are appropriate for landscape architecture and opened interiors. His sense of tight design, light abstraction and use of negative space suit the modern style, for areas ranging from compact to expansive.
Dickson is a native of northern California and has been a resident of Tallahassee Florida for twelve years. He teaches sculpture part time as an adjunct instructor at North Florida Community College in Madison Florida, and is a full time sculptor with a working studio in Tallahassee.
Artist Statement
I am consumed with the process of sculpting: the physical act of creating by the deconstruction and reconstruction of ideas. The struggle to reassign beauty, power and meaning to both found and raw materials. Allowing these forms to exist free of the constraints of the expected norm.
The entanglement, the blood, sweat and smoke, the challenge of steel, fire and heat. I call this the romance of construction, and thru this action I seek to challenge the familiar. It is my hope that the viewer will join me on this journey.