"Dark Continent"
by John
(Reno, NV)
Steel, Impala skulls, powder coat
Welding for Art Instructor at a community college in Reno, NV. I started my career as a pipefitter welder in Wyoming. During the boom of the seventies. I have been teaching welding for twenty-nine years. Technical welding for nineteen and welding for art ten. During this time I have continually worked on my metal sculpture predominantly in the abstract non-representational area. I do some representational work mostly in wildlife. This piece was done for Safari Club International to be on display at their annual show in Reno, NV. The base is a silhouette of the African continent. The two impala skulls opposing each other are displayed to create interesting negative space between them. The images are ever changing when viewed from every angle of 360 degrees. Both skulls can be removed from the metal bases for shipping. More work will be displayed. Student work can be seen on my faculty web page at tmcc.edu. Look for John Septiens site.