Eric Lintala
bronze, steel, stone, & photography
THE SHAPES I CREATE ARE ECHOES OF MAN’S PREHISTORIC PAST
Eric Lintala
Prehistoric rock art, petroglyphs and pictographs, has had a profound influence on Mr. Lintala’s work. Sheltered in caves or under vast cliffs, these images of human kind, animals and nature were inscribed, pecked and painted onto stone. The early inhabitants who made them, their knowledge, lost to the ages.The sculptures he creates have become a narrative involving the interaction of human, cultural and natural events from the past and present. The shapes and marks that he makes, the symbols created are echoes from the prehistoric past, they tell of his observations, experiences and events that have affected him. The challenge before him is to carry on, to re-investigate, to renew this tradition of communication utilizing contemporary materials and methods and through his visual interpretations he hopes there spirits can live on.
elintala@umassd.edu
508-991-1273
15 Squirrel Island Road
West Wareham, MA 02576
Yucca Man, 10" x 5" x 20", cast bronze
Transformative Shaman, 11" x 3" x 12", cast bronze
Rainbow Maker, 42" x 5" x 22", steel
Snake Canyon Shaman, 12" x 14" x 19", steel
Question of Balance, 14" x 6" x 26", steel