Artist Statement:

We are touched and influenced everyday by many shapes and colors... we look, we listen. I work in wood due to its familiarity, its make up and qualities... its warmth inspires direction and doesn't inhibit me. The wood becomes my canvas, but it's the engaging convergence of form, proportion, texture and color that creates the unique spirit and soul with a story to tell. Material and technique then become irrelevant... c'est tres important pour moi'. Each piece of Art I create has its own story...we just need to look and listen...

Jacques Vesery is a Sculptor from Damariscotta Maine, creating wood art pieces. Prior to becoming a full time Artist, he served as a Submariner in the Navy, drove a Zamboni in Hawaii, was a Scrimshander (Scrimshaw Artist) on Cape Cod and worked as a Forest Ranger in Northern New Jersey. Jacques now works in wood, striving to create an illusion of reality. Although nature as inspiration seems obvious, Jacques' vision begins with the way nature is repeated within the the "golden mean" or "divine proportions". His inspiration comes from pattern and form more than actuality itself. Jacques has demonstrated/ taught his techniques and lectured on design in France, England, Canada and 23 US states at such locations as Journees Mondiales du Tournage D'art Sur Bois Congres, Loughborough University, Anderson Ranch, Arrowmont and Haystack Mt. School. Jacques' work is in several public and private collections including the Detroit Institute of Art, the Contemporary Art Museum !
of Honolulu, Yale University Art Gallery, Celestial Seasoning and Northwest Airlines Corporate collections. Currently, he serves on the Professional Outreach Program's Advisory committee for the American Association of Woodturners. He is also a contributing editor for the American Woodturner Magazine. In his free time he enjoys cycling, hiking, ice skating, cooking and gardening. Jacques, his wife Minda Gold, and their sons Isaac and Jonah enjoy living, working, and playing in Maine, the way life should be.

Exhibitions/Awards:: Permanent Collections
2008 Pole des Metiers d'Art du Bois, Breville, France
2007 Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
2006 American Association of Woodturners, St. Paul, MN
2004 Univ. of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
2000 Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI
2000 Northwest Airlines Corporate Collection, Tulsa, OK
1999 Contemporary Art Museum, Honolulu, HI
1999 Celestial Seasonings Corporate Collection, Boulder, CO
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2008 Exploration of the Surface, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Midtown Payson Galleries, Hobe Sound, FL
2005 Patina Gallery, Santa Fe , NM
2004 Flights of Fancy, Fine Arts, Rockland, ME
2003 del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Awards & Grants
2008 1st Place in sculpture Art Buzz, 2009 Collection Annual Competition
2008 1st Place "Celebrate The Healing Power of Art 2008" Manhattan Arts International
2008 Jurors' Award at Art et Passion du Bois, France
2006 Winner of Sculptural Pursuit Third Annual Sculpture Competition
2002 Spertus Judaica Prize Mezuzah Spertus Museum, Chicago, IL
2002 Collector's Choice, Collectors of Wood Art, SOFA Chicago, IL
2000 Maine Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship
1999 Purchase award Celestial Seasonings: Loose Interpretation V