Steve Bartlett
ARTIST STATEMENT
When starting a piece I look back at what I’ve done recently, decide on an idea, and just get going. I’ve always worked very directly, in a piece by piece way, from the surface or ground up. Sometimes I’ll do a simple sketch but many times not. So there’s not a lot of planning, just myself and the material, working together having a conversation. I never really know how a work may turn out but generally feel that if there’s nothing nagging me about the piece then it's done.
Steve Bartlett graduated with a B.A. in Studio Art from Kenyon College in Gambier, OH in 1984. Since moving to Maine from California in 2014, Steve has shown at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Portland Museum of Art, Zillman Art Museum, Icon Contemporary Art, and Pamela Salisbury Gallery, Hudson, NY. His sculpture is in the collections of the Zillman Art Museum, The Port of San Diego, City of Los Altos CA, City of Oakland CA, and many corporate and private collections.
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