Bradford Barrington

Artist Statement

I want the work to relate to objects or images, but to communicate in a non-specific way and on many levels. A cubed piece of clay altered with cuts, tears, textures and marks can be appreciated for the way clay displays qualities unique to the medium. It can also be viewed as visual information that might indicate abstract shapes or images. I am interested in natural phenomena such as the Hoodoos (rock formations in New Mexico, Arizona and Utah). I have made a series of Vortex pieces in clay that can be 3D enlarged and cast into monumental sizes in bronze and aluminum. Vortexes were used by God in the bible to communicate with carnal man. Nicola Tesla developed a 3-6-9 vortex math that he believed solved all the problems of the universe. The Vortex represents an image of intense energy. It can represent a metaphorical image of the human spirit or consciousness as something both tangible (a particle) and intangible, existing in multiple states like a quantum particle that can be both a wave and a particle simultaneously. The “Meditation Through Time” series is an abstraction of imaginary antediluvian landscapes.