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ArtTRUST - You split your time between Shreveport and Santa Fe . . . How would you describe the art and artists in both places?
Paul - The artists in Shreveport are missionaries laboring in anonymity. The basic talent is in both locations, the major difference is the money available for the arts.
ArtTRUST - Why are you a sculptor?
Paul - I express myself better in three dimensions than in writing or speaking. I can reduce the essence of what I'm trying to say to a simpler form, more of a conceptual minimalist.
ArtTRUST - What is your favorite medium and why?
Paul - I favor the fusion of organic and traditional materials like stone, steel, and bronze because it suggests permanence.
ArtTRUST - What is your concept of sculpture?
Paul - The development or the struggle to bring forth the concept in three dimensions.
ArtTRUST - Did the proximity of foundries in Santa Fe influence you into bronze?
Paul - Yes, I learned about the lost wax and the casting process allowing me to create editions.
ArtTRUST - If you could create your ideal sculpture, what would it be?
Paul - A concept that allowed me to continue creating.
I would walk a fine line between my religious convictions and whom to please.
ArtTRUST - What has most influenced your art?
Paul - Growing up in the proximity of the New York, and my exposure to art throughout the City.
ArtTRUST - Who is your favorite sculptor?
Paul - I have no favorite, I am influenced by everything I have seen.
ArtTRUST - What is your most significant work to date?
Paul - Probably "Rivertime"
It chronicles the importance of water in the southwest. The rigid steel frame is the constant and the stones, rounded by the rivers of northern New Mexico, suggest the elusiveness of water.
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