He's still at it! LYRICAL COMPLEXITIES, the sculptures of Charles Fahlen.

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1994 Transition to the Personal Narrative

"Ship's Fool" was a transitional piece, using found wood again as a sculptural element, but the figure "blooming" on the vertical injects a metaphoric relationship. Like "Vase de Terre", the figurative female reference resonates with me.

This low relief box was a way to work out the figure/structure relationship in miniature. This piece is "Intimate/Intimidate" 1994, Chiri paper, copper paint, acrylic polymer. 

"Crying Over Spilt Milk" 1994. Metal, wood, found wood, paint. This piece happened after a court order mandated that my daughter spend considerable time with her father and stepmother. It is the beginning of a chapter of a more literal personal narrative in my work.

"Embrace" 1994, Paper and paperboard.

Split Maple Sapling Sculpture, 1992

These pieces were made by splitting green lengths of maple sapling, then gradually stretching them apart to create linear structures of a variety of configurations. I was fascinated by both the cast shadows and the spaces they defined.

This is "Paradoxical Symmetry" 1992

Above: "Beckoning" 1992

Intuitive Architecture, 2010: Jumbo Grade

"Jumbo Grade" Carson City, NV, 2010

"Jumbo Grade" Carson City, NV, Installation, January 2010. The path of piece was conceived to follow the path of the trail between the mountains behind. The desert in winter is inspirational.

"Jumbo Grade", July 2010. detail.

Intuitive Architecture, 1990

Installation View at Logan Square, 20th and Parkway, "Parabola" and "Strata" 1990 as part of BFA thesis exhibition. Moore College of Art and Design