Several full-time faculty will be exhibiting their work for the first time in The Dimock Gallery. The faculty s creative efforts parallel the range of fine arts courses offered in the Fine Arts disciplines, which include concentrations in Ceramics, Design, Drawing, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, and Visual Communications. They build on a body of work that was begun in her Master s thesis. He has been an avid collector of Japanese art for about fifteen years.
Japanese armor is a microcosm of the exquisite artistry that abounds in Japanese art.
One of his favorite stylistic sources is the elaborate personal costumes which arrayed members of the Japanese warrior class, the samurai . Samurai armor as an art form has been inspirational to his sculpture, as is Japanese cinema and Gates has been an avid collector of Japanese art for about fifteen years. No Evil is a fanciful personage with an antlered headdress. Thematically, it was inspired by Japanese architectural sculpture of the famed Nikko shrine.