Doug Fountain

ARTISTDOUG FOUNTAINANCIENT ART FORMS FOR CONTEMPORARY LIFESTYLESMY TOTEMS ARE CONTEMPORARY, MONUMENTAL SCULPTURES ON PILLARS WITH COLOR. THEY ARE INSPIRED BY JOURNEYS TO EPHESUS AND OTHER ANCIENT CITIES AND MY LOVE OF SHARING MY NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE.MY PEOPLE, THE SPIRIT LAKE SIOUX, BELIEVE THAT THE CONNECTION OF COLOR IMPACTS OUR INSPIRATION AND SPIRITTHE FOCUS OF LIFE IS ABOUT ENERGY AND HOW WE RELATE AND CONNECT.MY TOTEMS, WHICH STARTED OUT AS RECYCLED MATERIALS, USED IN ENERGY EFFICIENT HOMES AND YACHTS, ARE COVERED IN VENITIAN PLASTER, AND CAPTURE THE ESSENCE OF THE RAW POWER OF ANCIENT ART FORMS. THE COLORS GUIDE ME TO THE FINAL EXTRADORINARY TRANSFORMATION IN CREATING THE FINAL STORY OF EACH PIECE. MY PIECES CAPTURE MOUNTAIN MODERN AND DESERT CONTEMPORARY.

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