I was born in Pueblo Colorado and have lived in this state on my life; the last 50 years in Grand Junction Colorado, growing up along the banks of the Colorado River. From as long as I can remember I knew I wanted to be an artist, is what drives me today. For over 30 years I have been a studio artist showing and selling bronze sculptures, Fine Art pottery, and functional Pottery both locally and nationally. Eighteen years ago I began teaching Pottery lessons in my studio and in 2009 I added a bronze Foundry class. I remain today a fine art ceramist, sculptor, and teacher.
Website: damianradice.com
The Conversation – 2025
$4,800 – 18″ X 36″ X 12″ – Bronze
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The sculpture is of a group of old men having a conversation or so it seems. Old men talk less, so the conversation takes place more in sideways looks and facial contortions.
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Humanity – 2024
$4,200 – 22″ x 36″ x 6″ – Bronze
Art is in the doing. I like to create bronze sculptures that pull from the natural environment around me or are whimsical in nature; imaginative pieces that when viewed require dynamic, 360-degrees viewing. If you’re viewing a wall bronze, I think it should capture your interest and invoke a feeling or response as all sculpture should. What you see is the product of the doing.
Hitching a Ride – 2023
This bronze is of an African leopard tortoise with a bird landing on its shell. I saw this on the Serengeti Plain when I was traveling through Tanzania with my family in 1988, and found it ironic that a bird looked like it was hitching a ride on a tortoise. That trip was an amazing experience that I will never forget. To top it off, my sister was able to get an African leopard tortoise; the little creature died last year. This sculpture was in her memory and that adventure in Tanzania.
This is Living?! – 2023
In our modern society, we rely on an extensive infrastructure. All the roads, wires, and plumbing pipes make our lives easier. I was thinking about this when I was visiting Hoover Dam in Nevada; it was an odd thought, but I wondered how people would respond if many years ago, they were trapped in our plumbing infrastructure. Would they think “This is Living!” or would they think “This is Living?” This sculpture was made out of a parking meter, and is interactive: If you put a quarter in his ear the flag goes down, and his eyes light up.
Pig Iron
This is actually part of another sculpture that I have done. I like my sculptures to evolve, or parts of them to evolve, into other sculptures. The Iron Age, and some of the interesting iron machines that came from that time, were the inspiration for this piece. It seemed like a natural thing for this sculpture of a warthog to turn into something that looked like it was made out of iron; of course, it would have to be named “Pig Iron”! I also like to have whimsical, Interactive sculptures. If you turn the large gear on one side, the pig’s tail spins; if you turn the crank on the other side, you can see the gears inside of him turn.
