| Born in 1954 on the wet and snowy hills of North Vancouver, Craig Mahood came to sculpture by living a tactile life among the forests and beaches of the west coast. Carving poles and building driftwood structures on the shores of the Pacific Ocean opened his mind to the wonder and beauty of nature. Hours spent in the wood shop, metal shop, and foundry at the Vancouver School of Art honed his skills and ideas. Through jobs in construction in the world of steel and concrete in the towers of downtown Vancouver, he built an understanding of how the world of dirt and stone is transformed into a controlled environment that plays at being the place for humans to live. Using environments that are taken for granted and confronting human desires that are so often hidden, he pays homage to the art of living and dying in the physical world. Craig Mahood comes at sculpture from a many-faceted outlook, as he plays with how humans connect with their physical surroundings. | .jpg "Blue Boy") |