Graham Robertson
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Graham was born September 21, 1968 in Vancouver, B.C. and raised in the community
of Springbank. Following high-school he spent some years as an itinerant
bartender, general labourer, and world traveller, visiting Southeast Asia,
North Africa, the Caribbean, and the U.S.A. Up to this point he had no interest
in, or affinity for, the visual arts. He preferred math, physics, and chemistry.
In 1994 he met David Greeley, a genius and true friend who changed his life.
Dave was educated in biochemistry and mathematics, had dropped out of "polite
society", and was pursuing the art of drawing with great passion. That summer
while Dave was drawing Degas, Tiepolo, and Carravaggio, he and Graham had
endless discussions on visual physics, the nature of light, the science of
sight, and the old masters' use of mythology in the selection of universal
themes. A seed was planted. Graham began to suspect that he might possess
some artistic ability.
In 1995 some powerful forces were given substance and set in motion. Early
in the new year, Graham started carving stone. Summer brought the birth of
his daughter Gabrielle.
In 2001 Graham had the good fortune to spend six months in Santa Fe, New
Mexico, living and working in the home / studio of Somers Randolph -- modern
American master stone-carver, mentor, and friend. Somers introduced Graham
to the creative possibilities of abstract form, and something else of great
importance. He showed by virtue of his example the attitude and actions of
a prosperous, productive artist.
Graham believes talent and inspiration have the same source. Once inspired
by a visual idea, a covenant is created -- a sacred, silent contract. It
then becomes the artist's responsibility to do justice to the inspiration.
This is achieved through discipline, skill, and painstaking work with hammer
and chisel, grinder and drill, file and rasp. The figures and shapes are
already within the stone, of course. Graham endeavours to reveal them --
to liberate them into the sunshine for all to see.
Graham currently resides in Bragg Creek, Alberta, where he sculpts in a variety
of stone types, including alabaster, serpentine, sandstone, marble and soapstone.
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