Artist
Statement:
"My
art evolves from a passion for all living things. I strive to capture
the essence of a living being; to explore some kernel of truth that may
have gone unnoticed and to depict an otherwise elusive moment in time.
"In my mind's eye, I strip away all that is
unnecessary, even as I build the sculpture with layer upon layer of
clay. My goal is a distillation of the subject until only true
essentials are left. If in so doing I can reveal some intangible spirit,
make evident the soul of my subject, and communicate this in my art;
then I have accomplished something real."
Solo
Exhibitions:
National
Museum
Wildlife Art,
Jackson Hole
,
Wyoming
; 2007
Soul of
Africa
The
Ward
Center
for the Arts,
Baltimore
,
Maryland
, 2004
Visions of
Africa
: Works in Bronze and Drawings
Carla Massoni
Gallery,
Chestertown
,
Maryland
, 2004
Deep Into Nature: Works by Bart Walter
Canton
Museum
of Art,
Canton
, Ohio 2002
Soul of
Africa
American
Association of Museums Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, 2000
The San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, California
Peggy Notebaert Museum, Chicago, Illinois
The Kirkland Library, Kirkland, Washington
National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Sculpture Tour of The Gathering
Washington
County
Museum
of Fine Art,
Hagerstown
,
Maryland
1997
Bronze Sculpture by Bart Walter
A.
G.
Poulain
Museum
,
Vernon
,
France
1996
Saginaw
Art Museum
,
Saginaw
,
Michigan
1996
Reading
Public
Museum
,
Reading
,
Pennsylvania
1993
Franz Bader Gallery
,
Washington
, DC 1993
Natural Forms: Bart Walter