Diane Rosenstein Gallery is pleased to offer a longer look into the work and practice of artist David Hicks.
This body of work is inspired by and in dialogue with the landscape surrounding Hicks’ home and studio in the Central San Joaquin Valley of California, a largely agricultural area. Featured here are structures in ceramic and steel, including 'Slow Builds' -- works that illustrate Hicks' studio practice over the past several years, along with new 'Offerings' and 'Clippings'. These works provide insight into the artist's evolving and ongoing interest in natural forms and themes of abundance, and cyclicality.
Seed is a collection of works centered on what I perceive to be the natural organic forms of the landscape that surrounds my home. While not tethered to a focused realism of natures shapes and natural development, my approach is more a loose conversation with natural form; one that addresses my interpretations of growth, irregularity and the movements of nature. - David Hicks