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Gene Kangas has been interested in art his entire life. He earned a
Master of Fine Arts degree in sculpture and taught art at the
university level for thirty-two years. Recently retired as a
Professor Emeritus from that profession, Gene gained public
recognition as an artist via commissions to design, build, and
install large site specific sculptures for the past quarter century.
Today his focus
has evolved into narratives in WOOD using a state-of-the-art
lathe. Sculptures, which once portrayed figural steel profiles, have
evolved into portraits cut in reverse. Please contact
CREEKSIDE for
further information about his artwork, and/or to inquire about
commissions, your specialty requirements, or purchase prices. Click
on ARTICLES to see entire catalog with photographs of the 1998
international woodturning exhibition entitled PATHWAYS98.
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Rushmore 2000 - ON EXHIBIT
2000
Painted Poplar and Basswood
Completely lathe turned,
reassembled and painted.
64"h x 66"w x 16-1/2"d
$30,000
Traveling in Exhibition 2001-2003
CHALLENGE VI - Roots: Insights and Inspirations to Contemporary Turned Objects. Sponsored by the Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA.
Series of three-dimensional individual negative portraits in wood of the U.S. Presidents featured on the Mount Rushmore stone mountain sculpture (Presidents Washington, Lincoln, Roosevelt and Jefferson). One additional portrait is that of Albert Einstein whose scientific and personal contributions paralleled the personal and political influences of these Presidents.
Contact Kangas@CreeksideArtGallery.com for
information or purchase.
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Rushmore 2000 Detail
2000
Albert Einstein, One Element of Rushmore 2000
Painted Poplar and Basswood
Completely lathe turned,
reassembled, and painted.
16"h x 11-3/4"w
Traveling in Exhibition 2001-2003
Albert Einstein's negative profile is seen against the negative configuration of an exploding atom bomb on the opposite side. Each President's silhouette is juxtaposed with another Presidential profile portrait; and, in turn, shown with one President's facial contour combined with another's back-of-head outline.
Rushmore 2000 can conceiveably be rearranged in over one million configurations due to the variations and number of the individual elements.
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information or purchase.
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PRINT-President Washington
From: RUSHMORE 2000 Sculpture
2000
One of Six. Signed and Dated.
Framed 11"h x 14"w
$75.00
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information or purchase.
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PRINT-Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln
From: RUSHMORE 2000 Sculpture
2000
One of Six. Signed and Dated.
Framed 11"h x 14"w
$75.00
Contact Kangas@CreeksideArtGallery.com for
information or purchase.
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PRINT-Albert Einstein
From: RUSHMORE 2000 Sculpture
2000
One of Six. Signed and Dated.
Framed 11"h x 14"w
$75.00
Contact Kangas@CreeksideArtGallery.com for
information or purchase.
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Daisy Turns
1999
Painted Basswood and Maple
15"h x 10-1/2"square
$3,200.00
Daisy Turns was completely lathe turned, reassembled and then painted.
Traveling in Exhibition 2001-2003
CHALLENGE VI-Roots: Insights and Inspirations to Contemporary Turned Objects. Sponsored by the Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA.
Contact Kangas@CreeksideArtGallery.com for
information or purchase.
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Daisy Turns Two
1999
Painted Basswood and Maple
15"h x 10-1/2"square
$3,200.00
Daisy Turns Two was completely lathe turned, reassembled, then painted.
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information or purchase.
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SKULL RELIQUARY
2001
Various woods bleached and stained
Lathe turned and carved images
30" diameter by 24" high
Price on Request
Skull Reliquary evokes emotional contemplation of this shrine to many departed souls.
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information or purchase.
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SKULL RELIQUARY - Detail
2001
Various woods bleached and stained
Lathe turned and carved images
30" diameter by 24" high
Price on Request
Each skull takes the eye to the next and the next with somber reflection
upon the individuals they once were.
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information or purchase.
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HIRO'S RELIC - NFS
2001
Wood (chewed, carved and turned)
Natural and bleached finish
10" diameter by 14" high
NFS
A collaborative sculpture between the artist and Hiro, devoted companions.
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information or purchase.
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PATHWAYS RATTLE BALL
2001
Turned and Stained Poplar
18 inch diameter
Price on Request
The Pathways Rattle Ball is crisscrossed with identifiable and permanent
evidence of transient animals: bison, cat, deer, dog, horse, squirrel,
etc. Each created its own unique trail, like ephemeral footprints left in
the soft sand at water's edge. Their shallow impressions, however, were
fossilized thus recording their existence, their movement, and their
mystery. What did they look like? What were they thinking? Where were
they going? ...Questions...
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information or purchase.
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RORSHACH RATTLE BALL
2001
Turned and Painted Poplar
18 inch diameter
Price On Request
The assemblage of fantasy human portraits that encompass this Rattle Ball
invite individual exploration and interpretation, a figural RORSHACH text.
Reminiscent of historical ceramic Delftware, the images were achieved by
brushing a layer of contrasting translucent blue glaze over a crazed
white ground. From a distance, the sphere appears to be covered with a
decorative dark and light polka dot pattern. Closer examination of the
orb, however, reveals that the irregular "dots" are actually odd
characterizations, dozens and dozens of them, all of imaginary people
portrayed as painted silhouettes, each one different and unique.
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information or purchase.
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FLORAL RATTLE BALL
2001
Turned & Carved Poplar
Copper Patinated
Carved flowers encircle ball
18 inch diameter
Price on Request
Floral Rattle Ball is reminiscent of a luxurient garden grandiloquently
planted with myriads of flowers of every size and color.
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information or purchase.
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FOLIAR RATTLE BALL
2001
Turned & Carved Poplar
Bronze Patinated
Carved plants encircle ball
18 inch diameter
Price on Request
Lush and tropical-feeling plant life seems to have grown and sprawled to
completely cover this rattle ball as if in a rainforest. A naturally
camouflaged lizard watches quietly from the safety of his leaf-covered
position.
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information or purchase.
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ANCIENT RATTLE BALL
2001
Turned and Painted Poplar
18 inch diameter
Price on Request
Is this wooden orb a relic from the past? The music of its rattle has
long been silent, and much of its iconography is now difficult to read,
because of a grayed and aging surface. Was it once a story-ball decorated
with pictographs significant to a person, tribe, or culture? Was there
some mystic or spiritual purpose? What remains? *** A large pied
serpent encircles the globe connecting symbols representing various
subjects and themes. Identifying a few of those, one discovers bears,
deer, hunters wearing deer masks, foot prints, whales, fish, birds,
skulls, and a boat-shaped grave. Are these separate or connected thoughts
which once recorded important life dramas? How do we now dicipher such
ancient meanings with contemporary perspectives?
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information or purchase.
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GLYF RATTLE BALL
2001
Turned and Painted Poplar
18 inch diameter
Price on Request
In our distant past, humans began drawing on dark cave walls. Their
sophisticated petroglyphs portrayed those images most crucial to their
survival. As we evolved and became more worldly, the act of marking on any
and all available flat surfaces like empty walls, structural members, and
signs became universally practiced. The mysterious was transformed into
public self-gratification. *** The sculptural sphere GLYF is comprised
of transparent layers representing this visual development. The first
layer depicts ancient rock drawings of bulls, deer, horses, hunters, and a
cryptic geometrical grid. Superimposed over those are the stenciled wood
TROOPS and the formula E=MC2. Adjacent to that
layer are the signs for RECYCLING, a STAR, YIN-YANG, "Kilroy was here,"
and a RADIATION WARNING. The stylized RECYCLING symbol paradoxically
appears as a thought balloon emanating from one of the first petroglyphs.
A large PEACE EMBLEM spans some of those. Finally, more contemporary
urban graffiti such as RIOT, ANTI, SQUAD, and polka-dotted PIG obscure
history while proclaiming today.
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information or purchase.
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Pear Bowl Still Life
1998
Painted Basswood, Pine, Curly
Maple, and Cherry
16"h x 20"w x 20"d
Collection of the Artist
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information or purchase.
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Melon Bowl Still Life
1997
Painted/Stained Pine, Basswood, and Cherry
Size Knife 16" long
Signed. $600.00.
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information or purchase.
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Sliced Apple Still Life - SOLD
1998
Curly Maple, Walnut, Basswood,
and Cherry
Knife 16" long
Signed. $195.00
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information or purchase.
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Cocobolo Platter
1997
Large decorative platter turned from rare and exotic Mexican cocobolo wood of the rosewood family.
18-3/4" diameter
Signed. $350.00
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information or purchase.
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Black Limba Platter
1997
Large decorative platter turned from rare and exotic African black limba wood.
17" diameter. Signed. $300.00
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information or purchase.
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"Buddha Baby" Clothespin Doll
1995
Lathe Turned and Decorated Doll
Cherry Wood with Beads
36" High
$750.00
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information or purchase.
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