Nashville - Figurative Sculptures

Ford William is a self-taught folk/outsider artist, who began making art after coming to terms with chronic mental health issues that had plagued him all his life. The piece was made for Ford's solo art show, FIGHT FLIGHT FAWN FREEZE, the concept of which stems from Ford's experience—having spent years living in the unconscious and unsustainable chaos of survival mode—and his journey of learning (and unlearning) to move towards a healthier, more stable, and integrated existence. After exiting survival mode and coming online again, Ford began making art to practice the skills needed to help prevent re-entering chronic stress-response states in the future. Specifically, he makes art to practice self-compassion, tame his inner critic, and move away from the shame-based avoidance and anxiety that were the root cause of many of his behavioral patterns. Anchored to Orgins is a piece exploring how the rules we learn about relating to stressful situations when we are children (especially when faced with ongoing, chronic activators in our life), usually end up shaping how we live as adults. As adults, we—externally and consciously—mostly live in the present, but our lizard brain’s default rules are rooted in the past, before we were capable of having the skills, knowledge, or strength to safely remove ourselves from a threatening or overwhelming experience. Fighting is not usually a winning response for a child in these situations, so they often flock to the other survival strategies; and, in cases of chronically being overwhelmed, they often pick 1 or 2 of the remaining 3 strategies that works best and begin to use this much more limited tool(s) as a response to every potential activator in life. The Super Ego...

Ford William is a self-taught folk/outsider artist, who began making art after coming to terms with chronic mental health issues that had plagued him all his life. The piece was made...

“Human beings interacting, colliding, cooperating, striving, & achieving are the themes I wish to portray in my sculptures,” says Starke. “My observations on the human condition are ...

Artwork Size: 10 x 7.5 in "Chocolate Bar 26" is a hand-sculpted shadow box sculpture by Dutch artist duo Kunst Met Een R. It features a life-like, par...

Jeff Hand is a multi-media artist creating post-pop artworks reflecting contemporary culture. Coming from a family of quilters, Hand often creates intricate two and three-dimensional pieces using felt, faux fur, and other textiles. He created this portrait of Hollywood icon Elizabeth Taylor...

"Class of '37: Eugene Fields" is a multi-layered mixed-media piece created using ink on cut rag paper, archival inkjet prints, and rice paper in a shadow box frame. This piece is par...

"Class of '37: Queen Esther Banks" is a multi-layered mixed-media piece created using ink on cut rag paper, archival inkjet prints, and rice paper in a sh...

"Class of '37: Ruby Brown" is a multi-layered mixed-media piece created using ink on cut rag paper, archival inkjet prints, and rice paper in a shadow box frame. This piece is part o...

"Class of '37: Guy 'Peter' Williams" is a multi-layered mixed-media piece created using ink on cut rag paper, archival inkjet prints, and rice paper in a shadow box frame. This piece...