Kanryuu Translation: River Flows Through Green & Brown Alabaster 20"t x 15"w x 9"d 8" x 13" Black Granite Base $3,000	Kanryuu Translation: River Flows Through Green & Brown Alabaster 20"t x 15"w x 9"d View 2	Kanryuu Translation: River Flows Through Green & Brown Alabaster 20"t x 15"w x 9"d View 3
Oonami 10"w x 7"d x 24"t 9" x 13" black granite base $2,500	Oonami 10"w x 7"d x 24"t View 2	Oonami 10"w x 7"d x 24"t View 3
Precipice 11"w x 9"d by 24"t $3,200 For Indoor or outdoor	Precipice 11"w x 9"d by 24"t View 2	Precipice 11"w x 9"d by 24"t View 3
Precipice 11"w x 9"d by 24"t View 4	Soushi 2 11" w x 8" d x 36" t 12" x 12" black marble base. $2,700	Soushi 2 11" w x 8" d x 36" t View 2
Soushi 2 11" w x 8" d x 36" t View 3	Embrace 1st sculpt – 8"w x 3"d x 16"t 2nd sculpt – 8"w x 5" d x 15 1/2" 8" x 13" Black Granite Base $3,500	Embrace 1st sculpt – 8"w x 3"d x 16"t 2nd sculpt – 8"w x 5" d x 15 1/2" View 2
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Carl Wright Biography

Carl Wright never really had a choice.  He had to work in 3-D  …...everything else seemed so …. flat.  His medium
of choice is stone because of its long lasting beauty, its ability to evoke emotion and stability through the tactile
feel and it’s sweeping design. Carl sculpts abstract shapes in alabaster, marble and limestone. He prefers
alabaster because of the color, its workability, and because it is not a homogenous color. “Marble is great for indoors. Limestone is great anywhere“.   Abstract stone sculpture conveys diverse thoughts and emotions to
different people making it a good choice to engage the maximum amount of viewers.  It is also durable and low maintenance.

 Carl Wright has been a full-time artist for 19 years He has participated in three Public Art programs, received a Professional (Artist) Development Grant from the State of WV, and participated in juried museum shows. He is represented by five galleries: one in DC, two in North Carolina, one in West Virginia and one in Arizona.  His work resides in homes in Zug, Switzerland, Washington, DC, and Orlando, FL to name a few.  One sculpture is in a
large pharmaceutical corporate headquarters in Durham, NC. 

Comments on Sculpture: 

Stone is a natural choice for Carl’s work because of its ambiguity.  His sculpture is characterized by the contrast
of the cold hardness of the stone and the warm sensuality of the form. Carl’s sculpture is a delight to the eye and
an uplift to the soul. It is meant to be a soothing balm to the eye after a day in the working world.  The sculptures do not shout their presence, but have an authority and stillness all their own.  The intent of the sculpture is to infuse
viewers with calmness or bring a smile of recognition when viewing the sculpture.

The sensual lines and forms of his sculpture surge, separate, and then rejoin in a continuous dance of design and shape.   Most of his sculptures have openings in them – some long and narrow and some circular.  The piercing
in the stone serves two purposes.  First is to highlight the design by releasing the color and form to the daylight. 
The second is far more devious.  The piercing points up the implied weightlessness, because of the light pouring through the sculpture.  The weightlessness is contrasted to the viewer’s knowledge that stone is a heavy medium thereby setting up a level of ambiguity. These openings encourage the sculptures to meld into their surroundings,
by showing fleeting images of people passing by and vignettes of the surrounding environment.   

The sculptures are about fluidity and implied – rather than stated - motion.  Many of his sculptures appear to be caught, as in a photograph, between the movement they had just performed and the next movement they are
about to begin.  Some of the Motion sculptures would include Kinpaku, Mizushou, Hansou, and Takou.

Other sculptures are meant to be about personal achievement or solitude such as Eihei, Motion, Ikkyou, and Rhapsody.

 His sculpture in that sense shares many characteristics with Japanese design – understated beauty, grace, and timelessness – ergo many of his works have Japanese names.

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