‘Return’ Sculpture Captures The Fear And Strength In Returning To Our lives During The Pandemic

“Return” new sculpture created by Arizona artist Sean T French

captures both the fear and the strength of those who are fighting to return to their lives during

this crisis. “Most of my sculpture attempts to exude a timeless

quality and are often creatures, amalgams of world

myth and imagination. This new sculpture is different .

Although it shares the timeless armor metaphor with

most of my sculpture, this piece is about our current

time.”

Instead of a creature this piece depicts a

contemporary human wearing armor that is both

metaphorical and literal in reference to our wearing

masks and face shields/protective gear to enter our

now unsafe environment. This figure is crossing a

plane, entering or returning to an unknown and unsafe

space, as too many of must do in these present crisis

days.

“I hope this piece does not become timeless as I hope

my others do. I very much hope it will only refer to this

moment in the future, not represent our new world.”

The crisis hit while French was working on a large

piece in his creature series…

“As the crisis grew I saw friends, family and people in

media have to don their “armor”….I was inspired by

their strength and felt a call for my style & it’s allegory

to depict us in this moment.

“Return” is approx human sized, mounts on wall

space 55”x24”. Constructed from various metals

formed, cast and highly polished

About Fine art of Sean T French:

After earning a BFA at the University of Texas, French has

spent decades creating award-winning art. His current

studio is located in North Phoenix, Arizona the state of his

birth, where he has developed a unique style of sculpting

by utilizing refined armoring and metal shaping techniques and casting to produce highly

polished, master crafted metal sculpture. Learn more and view the entire Sean T French

collection as well as find future dates and locations for shows/viewing at https://seantfrench.com