Art from the mind and soul of Maurice Spector
Sculpture, Painting, and More
“We are such stuff as dreams are made on, rounded with a little sleep.”
Shakespeare’s The Tempest
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Sculptures
Often times people bring me a tree that come down from a storm, sometimes those pieces of wood speak to me and I know what I’m going to make. I like it when wood and stone speaks to me, that way I know exactly what the piece will become.
Paintings
Many of the ideas for my paintings come to me in the form of early morning dreams, lucid and pure. Other times, my interpretations of life influence my work.
Unique Art
Maurice Spector is a self taught artist. His style is influenced by Wharton Esherick, Henry Moore, Marino Marini amongst other artists.
The style of Maurice’s art is hard to categorize. Some call it Folk Art, Abstract Realism, Fine Art, and Contemporary Art however the style defies these categories. It is unique, just like the artist. If you corner the artist regarding his artistic style you may be lucky enough to get him to call his art Symbolic Art. If you dive into Symbolic art, you find that it is an expression of an idea combined with the realistic description of the natural world. The broad category of Symbolic Art fits Maurice Spector’s art quite well because Maurice’s art has no artistic boundaries.
Looking at Maurice’s art on a timeline you see artistic influences from where the artist resided. The artist was born on a farm in Pennsylvania and moved to a farm on the Eastern Shore of Maryland while young. These early life influences of being around animals shows in his art subjects.
When Maurice started expressing himself through painting and sculpting he was in South Florida. The influence of the bright colors and shapes present in Miami’s Art Deco and Modern Art community are apparent in his early artwork. When he a moved to his current residence on the Eastern Shore of Virginia art subjects often included horses, fish, the Chesapeake Bay, and the changing seasons. Consistent, favorite art subjects include women, nudes, horses, birds, fish, mythology, and legendary stories like Captain Ahab and Moby Dick.
Art mediums include paintings, sculptures, and functional art such as chests, tables and cabinets. Pen and ink and water color frequent in many of Maurice’s works. Often he combines pen and ink and watercolor in his artwork. Sculptures include stone carving and wood carving and on occasion concrete and foam. Henry Moore’s influence is apparent in many of Maurice’s creations.
Collectors, other artists, and interior decorators are some of Maurice Spector’s best customers. The price of of some of his artwork is affordable making his artwork approachable to new art connoissuers. Interior decorators love the unique style and boldness of the art. His art is at home as a subtle highlight or as a artistic centerpiece focal focal point.