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STEVE BICKLEY SCULPTURE
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STEVE BICKLEY
Artist Statement
My recent works return to familiar metaphors of natural symbols that have been the focal point of my sculpture for over 25 years. This symbolic visual language provides an opportunity to synthesize diverse ideas, histories, theories, emotions and opinions into a creative unity. These abstract landscape compositions of natural forces such as earth, water, wind, and air provide the viewer both complicated and minimal interpretations.
The cloud shape is an important element in this visual and metaphorical vocabulary often presented in its minimal and most recognizable form. The use of stainless steel and its unique characteristics of light reflection and collection add additional environmental depth to a work. When the cloud is in its steel form it becomes more defined and is often the connecting point to the ground plane.
These works also reinforce and refresh the history of metal sculpture. Bridging the gap of the past and present, the works integrate the tradition of drawing with the latest of digital technology. The textures and color of the works create an additional visual depth for the viewer with a natural surface that is often in contrast to the mechanical formalism of their construction.
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Phiox (Detail), 2022
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STEVE BICKLEY
Croaker, 2024
Brushed aluminum
72 x 72 inches
$20,000
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STEVE BICKLEY
Brushed aluminum
72 x 72 inches
$20,000
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Silver Prince, 2024
STEVE BICKLEY
72 x 72 inches
$20,000
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Croaker II, 2024
Painted aluminum
STEVE BICKLEY
Blue Bonnet, 2024
Painted aluminum
72 x 72 inches
$20,000
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STEVE BICKLEY
48 x 48 x 1 inches
$12,000
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Blue Swann, 2024
Brushed aluminum
STEVE BICKLEY
48 x 48 x 1 inches
$12,000
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Aromella, 2024
Brushed aluminum
STEVE BICKLEY
Silver Beauty, 2024
Brushed aluminum
50 x 51 inches
$12,000
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STEVE BICKLEY
72 x 72 inches
$20,000
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Rust Palm, 2024
Corten Steel
STEVE BICKLEY
Cloudscape (Model), 2022
Enamel on HDF (high density foam)
20 x 26 x 9 inches
$9,500
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STEVE BICKLEY
Cloudscape (Detail), 2022
Enamel on HDF (high density foam)
20 x 26 x 9 inches
$9,500
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STEVE BICKLEY
Beech-Nut, 2023
36 x 36 inches
$7,500
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Painted Aluminum
STEVE BICKLEY
72 x 72 inches
$20,000
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Silver Palm, 2023
Brushed Aluminum
STEVE BICKLEY
Teal Skycloud (Model), 2023
Enamel on HDF (high density foam)
19 x 20 x 14 inches
$9,500
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STEVE BICKLEY
Teal Skycloud (Detail), 2023
Enamel on HDF (high density foam)
19 x 20 x 14 inches
$9,500
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STEVE BICKLEY
Painted Aluminum
72 x 72 inches
$20,000
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Phiox, 2022
STEVE BICKLEY
Phiox (Detail), 2022
Painted Aluminum
72 x 72 inches
$20,000
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STEVE BICKLEY
Spring Beauty, 2022
51 x 48 inches
$12,000
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Painted Aluminum
STEVE BICKLEY
Spring Beauty (Detail), 2022
Painted Aluminum
51 x 48 inches
$12,000
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STEVE BICKLEY
Black Eyed Susan, 2022
48 x 51 inches
$12,000
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Painted Aluminum
STEVE BICKLEY
Black Eyed Susan (Detail), 2022
Painted Aluminum
51 x 48 inches
$12,000
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STEVE BICKLEY
Phiox, 2022
Painted Aluminum
72 x 72 inches
$20,000
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STEVE BICKLEY
Phiox (Detail), 2022
Painted Aluminum
72 x 72 inches
$20,000
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Steve Bickley
Abbreviated CV
Lives and works in Blacksburg, VA
EDUCATION
1978 MFA University of Georgia
1974 BFA East Carolina University
SELECT COLLECTIONS
VCU Children’s Hospital
Capital One Financial Corporation, Taubman Museum of Art
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Behnish and Partners Architects of Stuttgart Germany The Smithsonian Institution University of South Carolina
Mary Washington College
Virginia Tech
Markel
Sydney and Francis Lewis Collection
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