Art - David Greenwood
Imagine a boat being built in the forest. You come upon its partially completed hull just as the shipwright has taken a break, leaving his tools and refreshment on a nearby ladder. Through this juxtaposition of place and product David Greenwood encourages the viewer to reflect "on the beauty of boat forms, on the forests from which wooden boats are made, and on the humorous absurdity of a boat being build in secret so far from water."
The sculpture is derived from the "boat works series" Greenwood has been creating off and on since 1983. It is based on a 21-foot double-ended sloop design but is more linear. The structural "transparency" of Secret Passionallows vegetation to grow into and through the piece, integrating it with the site.
David Greenwood
David Greenwood is a Michigan artist whose art and influence are recognized throughout his home state and the world. While Professor of Fine Arts and Foundation at Kendall College of Art and Design in Grand Rapids he has been awarded two Fulbright grants and worked in Poland, Yugoslavia, Serbia, England and Jordan.
A true artist-educator David has created and taught in such prestigious institutions as Virginia Commonwealth University, South Carolina’s School for the Arts and Cleveland State University. Here In Michigan he has served on the faculties of Hope College, Grand Valley State, and the Oxbow Summer School of Art. Sculpture is just one art form in which David Greenwood creates. He also is a recognized performance artist, having presented works in Sarajevo, Zagreb, Paris, Chicago, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Ohio and Michigan. |
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