Bob Wilfong

Works
  • Bob Wilfong, Always
    Always
  • Bob Wilfong, As In Forever
    As In Forever
  • Bob Wilfong, As We Are
    As We Are
  • Bob Wilfong, Come Fly With Me
    Come Fly With Me
  • Bob Wilfong, Curious
    Curious
  • Bob Wilfong, Dance of Love, Dance of Life
    Dance of Love, Dance of Life
  • Bob Wilfong, Embrace Your Heart
    Embrace Your Heart
  • Bob Wilfong, First Lessons
    First Lessons
  • Bob Wilfong, Free
    Free
  • Bob Wilfong, From Earth's Bound
    From Earth's Bound
  • Bob Wilfong, Give Them Wings
    Give Them Wings
  • Bob Wilfong, Grumpy
    Grumpy
  • Bob Wilfong, Heads & Tails
    Heads & Tails
  • Bob Wilfong, Hearts Unbound
    Hearts Unbound
  • Bob Wilfong, If I Could But Fly
    If I Could But Fly
  • Bob Wilfong, If I Could But Fly
    If I Could But Fly
  • Bob Wilfong, If Only
    If Only
  • Bob Wilfong, In My Care
    In My Care
  • Bob Wilfong, It Takes Three
    It Takes Three
  • Bob Wilfong, It Takes Three
    It Takes Three
  • Bob Wilfong, It Takes Three
    It Takes Three
  • Bob Wilfong, It Takes Three
    It Takes Three
  • Bob Wilfong, Just You & Me
    Just You & Me
  • Bob Wilfong, Just You & Me
    Just You & Me
  • Bob Wilfong, Life's Dance
    Life's Dance
  • Bob Wilfong, Me To You
    Me To You
  • Bob Wilfong, Mine To Give
    Mine To Give
  • Bob Wilfong, Mother's Love
    Mother's Love
  • Bob Wilfong, Mother's Love
    Mother's Love
  • Bob Wilfong, My Dignity
    My Dignity
  • Bob Wilfong, My Dignity
    My Dignity
  • Bob Wilfong, My Gift Is Life
    My Gift Is Life
  • Bob Wilfong, My Soul to Keep
    My Soul to Keep
  • Bob Wilfong, Now Find Your Wings
    Now Find Your Wings
  • Bob Wilfong, On the Wings of Love
    On the Wings of Love
  • Bob Wilfong, On Wings of Love
    On Wings of Love
  • Bob Wilfong, Our Destinies Entwined
    Our Destinies Entwined
  • Bob Wilfong, Our Hearts Danced
    Our Hearts Danced
  • Bob Wilfong, Ours
    Ours
  • Bob Wilfong, Proud Mama
    Proud Mama
  • Bob Wilfong, Radar
    Radar
  • Bob Wilfong, Rock of Ages
    Rock of Ages
  • Bob Wilfong, Rockstar
    Rockstar
  • Bob Wilfong, Rockstar
    Rockstar
  • Bob Wilfong, Rockstar
    Rockstar
  • Bob Wilfong, Shadow Dancing
    Shadow Dancing
  • Bob Wilfong, Somewhere Within
    Somewhere Within
  • Bob Wilfong, Soul Music
    Soul Music
  • Bob Wilfong, Soul Survivor
    Soul Survivor
  • Bob Wilfong, The Great Escape
    The Great Escape
  • Bob Wilfong, The Juggler
    The Juggler
  • Bob Wilfong, The Quest
    The Quest
  • Bob Wilfong, The Quest
    The Quest
  • Bob Wilfong, The Touch
    The Touch
  • Bob Wilfong, To Dance As One
    To Dance As One
  • Bob Wilfong, To Touch The Sky
    To Touch The Sky
  • Bob Wilfong, Uncommon Friends
    Uncommon Friends
  • Bob Wilfong, Why
    Why
  • Bob Wilfong, Yes, I Love You
    Yes, I Love You
  • Bob Wilfong, Yesterday Is Our Tomorrow
    Yesterday Is Our Tomorrow
Biography

This is my adventure, my seeking the unknown. Little did I know when I began this venture to what heights of exhilaration and what depths of pain it would take me. Such appears the demands of creativity.

 

The impelling force that began my sculpting was the love for my wife and the desire to make bronze penguins for her collection. Prior to that time, I had never shown any artistic talent, nor inclination. In fact, when I did an art show in my home town, my elementary music teacher informed me that I had previously kept my talent "well hidden". Only recently have I begun drawing and painting and I never draw my sculptural ideas. These are completely visualized and come from within. I feel this is what gives them their essence.

 

You have to understand, that in the start of this adventure, I was probably even more amazed at having this talent than my music teacher. My college education in zoology and subsequent three years of medical research, which included small animal surgery and pathological autopsies, gave me a high level of comfort with behavior and anatomy. Staying within this comfort zone kept all my earlier works very traditional and primarily wildlife.

 

As I became more aware of my talent and as I developed my technique, my desire became to explore the breadth of my abilities. My body, mind and soul quake when exposed to new ideas but quails at bringing them to life in my art. I feel my art is a form of sympathetic communication through which my feelings are transferred to the viewer for their own interpretation.

 

I believe the primary element is good art is its ability to stimulate emotional responses in the viewer. I have found it easier to convey responses in the viewer. I have found it easier to convey emotions through simplicity of lines and reductions of form. I have also found that creativity propagates creativity and releases both the artist and the viewer from traditional forms of interpretation. Henry Moore felt there were a number of universal archetypal forms which stimulate our subconscious. I concur and in my art I am pursuing those forms that will provide new presentations and interpretations of man's desires and aspirations that reconnect him to an understanding of self.