sculptures. Bob Trotman is not only a sculptor; he is a furniture maker, and a respected

artist. His use of the term "furniture" and the human form has renamed this art form of

furniture making. His narrative piece of sculptures focuses an ideal form on the human

figure, gender, race, culture and the relationship between on another. His style of using

the human form and the term "furniture" makes it hard to think that it is a piece of

furniture. A closer looking at these brilliant sculptures, you can feel the artist delicate

touch and the movement of each cut. Not only that, the emotions that these pieces reflect

absorbs into our own mind. His artwork seems to speak for them selves and/or even give

Many artists from the past and some from the current influenced Bob Trotman.

Artist such as H.C. Westerman, Martin Puryear, Marisol, Tom Otterness, Anthony

Gormley, Robert Gober, and Richard Artschwager were some of his influences. As we

look at Marisol, The Family, 1963, we can see the figurative form represented in the

expressed came from the feelings of the artist as he was making them. The dimensions

influences into combining sculpture with furniture are from these artists and his mother's

furniture and sculptural design. I always thought of sculpture in a contemporary way

emotions helps the viewer get that sense.

realism. He used of drawing (coloring/staining) is to the touch of precision to give the

outlook into furniture making. Bob Trotman really does give a different sense to

manner (Fineberg 192)." Trotman's pieces are formed from wood and carved to define

In Skin Deep it seems that lady is giving a frighten gesture. The emotion is expressed

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