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Night
Night
by Jon Fisher
White Carara Marble 8 x 5 x 2 1/2 ft.
"My pieces become living and evolving works to me. Night has been an ongoing dialogue of creation before bringing her over to the Gallery Oasis."
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Oasis
White Marble 8 and 1/2 x 4 x 2 ft. Oasis is a monument to the power and mystery of Women. Located at Gallery Oasis.
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Jon Fisher's 'Hollister Man'
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In 1969, John Fisher graduated from Claremont High School wanting to learn the art of marble carving. He traveled to Italy, a week’s worth of food and clothes in his backpack, and ended up making it home. Almost 30 years later, John is an internationally recognized sculptor based in Tuscany. Unlike most marble sculptors who work from drawings or small-scale models, John simply starts knocking away stone to discover the form that lies within. He likens this process to looking at clouds and finding familiar shapes. John sees shapes within the marble and amplifies them with drill and chisel. Many of John’s finished pieces contain areas of rough, natural rock, visually reinforcing how the finely carved figures emerge from the stone.
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"I feel that I am pulling figures out of the stone with my hammer"
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An American living in Italy, John relocated in order to be close to what he calls "the noble stone." The area of Tuscany in which he makes his home with his partner, Sandy Oppenheimer the collage painter and Allegra, their daughter, is in the heart of the marble industry between Carrara and Pietrasanta. It was here that Michelangelo quarried his stone and where, this century, major sculptors such as Henry Moor and Arp sought out their raw materials.
Fisher carves both small and monumental pieces, most recently a 20 ton figure for the entry of the Gimelli Vineyards in California. His work has been bought in Portugal, Italy and the USA and he has been invited to sculpture symposia in many countries.
John Fisher has not only built a reputation as an impressive sculptor, but has also helped to found the co-operative Leonardi sculpture studio for 12 international artists which has become an obligatory stop for art lovers travelling in Italy. Visitors know that not only will they see some of the finest stone cutting being done today, but they are also likely to share a meal and an inspiring conversations with the hospitable artists themselves.
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