From 1986 to 2001, my work largely reflected my passion for the human form, employed with an abstractionist's simplicity of vision. Wood was my preferred medium.

In my modular wall sculptures, I take inspiration from the outward appearance of landscapes and also contemporary architecture. Recognizing the internal geometry of nature in my work gives the viewer a sense of the familiar. Everyone relates to form, simplicity and order on some primal level. The incorporation of negative space as part of the sculpture only adds to this interplay between the art and the viewer. Some of these works elicit a kinetic effect in the mind of the viewer, thus they engage with the sculpture, and in this way, I communicate with the viewer.

I want to continue this conversation in my newest works, the “Antikythera Series.” Here, the movement is choreographed through the use of robotics, and computers. This then, is the evolution of my work, and the realization of an idea that I’ve had for nearly a decade to bring actual movement into my sculptures. (*To find out more about this work, click on the “Moving Sculptures” section of my website.)

Bruce Peebles lives in Nashville, Tennessee with his wife and two sons.