Full SLOPOKE Art Book for 2023

CHRIS SLATOFF
“Sheatering Wings” in San Diego at Shoreline
Park was the first public art piece on
Coronado Island. The idea for a Blue Heron
sculpture originated with Coronado
community group members and has grown
to eight pieces over 25 years. Chris finds
similar civic interest in a defining sculpture
in many of California’s historic locales. He
also produces garden and table sized work
for the individual collector created sometimes
by casting from an early maquette
used to work out the details of the large
sculpture to follow and sometimes simply
from his very creative mind. An example of
such here at SLOPOKE is the version of his
8-ft monumental sculpture “Enduring Heroes”
honoring the fallen heroes from Pasadena,
Altadena, La Canada-Flintridge and
San Marino “located in Pasadena’s Defenders
Park. And this year, a smaller version
of the Tree of Life is available. The impetus
for this sculpture began while teaching in
Orvieto, Italy and represents the embodiment
of the gospels. The parallel symbolism
between the shape of an instrument of
death, and the living tree which lifts up the
resurrected Christ, becomes a framework
for the transformation of humanity.
Tree of Life, 48x30x15, Cast Stone, Artist’s Proof
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