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| Doug McAbee |
doug@dougmcabee.com |
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Title: The Pointy One Description: steel sculpture Dimensions: 8" x 7" x 11" Medium: Powder Coated Steel Date Created: 2009 |
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Title: The Shiny One Description: steel sculpture Dimensions: 19" x 12" x 14" Medium: Powder Coated Steel Date Created: 2009 |
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Title: The One With The Hole In It Description: steel sculpture Dimensions: 10" x 6" x 27" Medium: Powder Coated Steel Date Created: 2009 |
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Title: Marvin Description: steel sculpture Dimensions: 30" x 14" x 42" Medium: Painted Steel Date Created: 2008 |
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Title: Lucille Description: steel sculpture Dimensions: 20" x 26" x 36" Medium: Painted Steel Date Created: 2008 |
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Title: Stinky Description: steel sculpture Dimensions: 4' x 4'x 6' Medium: Painted Steel Date Created: 2008 |
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Title: Ethel's Daughter Dimensions: 8' x 3' x 6' Medium: Painted Steel Date Created: 2007 |
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Title: Clara Dimensions: 18" x 15" x 20" Medium: Painted Steel Date Created: 2007 |
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Title: Georgie Belle Dimensions: 9" x 7" x 16" Medium: Painted Steel Date Created: 2005 |
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Title: Elmer Dimensions: 7' x 3' x 5' Medium: Painted Steel Date Created: 2004 |
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Title: Herman Dimensions: 11' x 3' x 5' Medium: Painted Steel Date Created: 2004 |
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Title: Pedro Description: One of 2 sculptures permanently installed at the Levine Children's Hospital at Carolinas Medical Center in 2007. Dimensions: 5' x 4' x 6' Medium: Painted Steel Date Created: 2004 Location: Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC |
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Title: Souvenirs Dimensions: 20' x 20' x 5' (variable) Medium: Painted Steel Date Created: 2003 |
| Web sites that feature work by Doug McAbee |
| http://www.dougmcabee.com -- artist personal website |
| Artist's Bio |
Doug McAbee grew up in Spartanburg, South Carolina where he continues to reside. Doug is a full time graphic designer, an adjunct lecturer at Winthrop University, and he creates drawings & steel sculpture. At age 7, Doug’s dad taught him to weld and to work with steel. He continued to help out in his father’s workshop through college learning as much as possible about the material and disco ...... more |
| Artist's Statement |
Bold colors and whimsical imagery are essential elements in this body of work. A specific color has the ability to shift it’s meaning and it’s potential interpretation as it is filtered through the personal experiences of the viewer. The carefully chosen images will also vary in how they are interpreted based on those experiences. An image that at first sight may be reminiscent of a cartoon or ...... more |