Howard John Connelly
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To many people stop drawing to early in their lives. Because I make things full time I hear many folks pine for a more creative lifestyle by way of comparison. I can't help but wonder, What else would a person like that discover if they chose to free themselves from such self-negating! What else is suffering from repression if something as simple as putting pencil to paper is so terrifying? Maybe drawing is more deeply connected to imagination and vision in a way that ordinary people can become extra-ordinary. Art-o-matic harvests the communities need to do, share, and enjoy the ride. The sheer volume of images and sounds salve the sting of judgmental comparison, and delight in the endless human searching.
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Posted Wed, 05/06/2009 - 1:53pm
Cathedral Sandstone, eolithic limestone
12" tall
1996
Sandstone carving of face, on a closed fist pedestal, the brain pattern is visible. Blocks representing books, or cassettes of information are arranged inside the head illustrating that the kinds of things we are aware of, create the paradigm of our understanding. A breast filled with naturally occurring quartz inclusions protrudes from the fist, a symbol for labor as base nutrition. On the reverse side the fists fingers are decomposing revealing that might has limited power even in the ephemeral world, and much less in the spiritual.
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Posted Wed, 05/06/2009 - 1:41pm
Aluminum, Sandstone, bearing to turn and hang on.
18' long x 8' wide
2008
Tom the Owner of THAI PAVILION in Rockville has an interest in jewelry. Rich Markus Architects brought me in to create something eye catching for the main dining room visible from the street. I began with the idea of a pendant necklace thrown into the air and hanging in a serpentine way. 80 Lbs. of aluminum and 70 Lbs. of sandstone from my hometown in Colorado later, we have the "Necklace".
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Posted Wed, 05/06/2009 - 1:31pm
Paulownia and cypress wood, Stainless steel, acrylic color, polyurethane.
18' long x 8' wide
2008
Robert Jones and I made this 3000 lb solid wood croc climber for the Steve Irwin memorial daycare for the Discovery Channel headquarters in Silver Spring. We cut down the trees, hauled 'em to the mill, dried 'em, Robert roughed them all together via my model, and I am proud to be called "Chainsaw" by my biggest little fan Ester. Mounted to concrete w/ stainless epoxy anchors, and bolted to a 300 lb stainless angle frame. Fun.
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Posted Wed, 05/06/2009 - 1:22pm
Ogura lace paper, Aluminum frame, LED lighting.
6' x 26' long 16" deep.
2008
This is also in the ASIA NINE restaurant. We made an aluminum structure with an arcing theme that matched our other artwork in the restaurant. A flameproof polyester fabric covered the frame and wide sheets of Japanese paper were applied to the surface with acrylic. The inner frame is filled with 300 yards of LED lighting which should last over 10 years.
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Posted Wed, 05/06/2009 - 1:16pm
Mulberry paper, dye, steel, lighting
5' x 16' continuous paper sheet, two pieces.
2008
Natalie of ASIA NINE restaurant in DC, & Rich Markus architects, commissioned us to make two high visibility pieces for their store front windows. We made custom paper frames and took 2 weeks to make four custom pieces of paper with the help of Gretchen at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center. Mulberry bark fiber trails arc & cross to match other works in metal we did for this restaurant.
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Posted Wed, 05/06/2009 - 1:07pm
Styrene, Acrylic, steel, plywood.
9' tall
New in 2000
This is a full size maquette with an Iron casting in mind. I called it The Last Angel, but popularly it is know as boneman. Looking for the client that wants to manage the next step in production to have it made in steel, to rust into being, on their watch. $5,000. plus foundry fees.
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