Jay's View - an artist looks at Life: The Fisherman

The Fisherman (without rod, line and fish)
86' high x 25" wide x 32" deep
Model for casting in bronze and stainless steel

Circumferences: Ankle 9" Calf 13 3/4" Knee 11 3/8" Thigh 16 1/2" Hips 41 3/4"
Torso tubes 8 1/4" Bicep 11" Forearm 9 1/2" (measurements before surface texture applied)
Head oval will be 3".

Who is this Guy?

About Me

Jay: I have always liked making things. I fell in love with art when I spent my 18th summer travelling around Europe. At Princeton I took all the art courses available and graduated Phi Beta Kappa in mathematics in 1966. Disillusioned by the Vietnam War, I returned to travelling after getting my Ph.D. in Mathematical Logic from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. I sailed across the North and South Atlantic and wrote an unpublished book before working my way on to the special effects crew for the movie JAWS 2. There I learned the skills to make just about anything. That came in handy because one day, sitting in the Sculpture Park at the Hirshorn Museum, I had a vision of creating the Wild Island Sculpture Park on my land in Chilmark. In 1994 I created the monumental sculpture, the Swordfish Harpooner, in Menemsha for the Chilmark Tricentennial. I work with a variety of materials because I view almost everything as sculpture from the placement of driftwood on the beach to the building of my own house and studios. I have a unique way of seeing things and in 1997 I started making my own public access TV show: Jay's View.

Jay's View - an artist looks at Life

The Fisherman - large model for casting

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