Tom Holmes STAR BURST

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This piece of work is by sculpture, Tom Holmes, who currently resides in Greeley, Pennsylvania. The name of the piece is Star Burst. He is one of the twenty- two artists installed large outdoor works around Stowe, Vermont, as part of Exposed. This piece was placed at the Helen Day Art Center, who hosted an outdoor public art and sculpture exhibition called Exposed in Stowe, Vermont. It was installed throughout the town and eleven additional artists who worked in text or performance. The exhibition took place July 8^th to October 8^th, 2001. Kasini House released a full- color, 66 page book that featured work by each of the Exposed artists as well as critical writing about the exhibition.

                He used various long thin scrap when he was in his mid- twenties and was just beginning to create art. His original degree was in music. This piece measured about 30” in diameter. The large start bursts are a progression of wanting to test the limits of the wood materials that could be hand built without help. He is said to have learned something new about the structure and stability every time he built one and how the weather affects his artworks.

                These pieces are asymmetrical. They flow from the middle outwards and are almost delicate looking. It is simple yet bold in it color choice. It looks dramatic in how the piece itself looks to be burst, exploding, and stretching itself out as far as possible. It’s a very organic shape. The saturation of the red is very bright. Also the negative space into between the multiple bursts of wood help you to look at the object as a whole and not just focus on one line of wood. It speaks a lot for itself with the color and layout. I loved how different it was and the fact Holmes used to weather to construct and influence a lot of his pieces.