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Myth

Myth is my vehicle for spirituality. My own process is very similar to the myths I draw from: I start with a sort of vague idea of where I want to take things, but as the work and the series progress, the directions and destination become clearer. This is one of the reasons why I like the process so much. The process of making sculpture is a spiritual practice for me. The idea of myth is a narrative form. I believe we all have some type of myth running through our veins. Myths are stories about people and myths help us see ourselves within journeys, within narratives and going through things that so many others have gone through before us. By giving us a way to guide ourselves, myths strengthen us and help us find direction. Myths help us find spiritual footing and make the point that, because of culture, we are never truly alone.

The Studio

Contemporary artist & sculptor Joseph Castle, focuses on myth and archetypes in bronze. Available for Public Art, Installations, Gallery Exhibitions and Commissioned Works.

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The Studio

Contemporary artist & sculptor Joseph Castle, focuses on myth and archetypes in bronze. Available for Public Art, Installations, Gallery Exhibitions and Commissioned Works.

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Joseph Castle

Art, for me, started in junior high when I made a baseball bat that I used that season. It was that process that highlighted my junior high years and fostered a love for the three dimensional. In High School I was under the impression that boys and men don’t do art, and then I met Barbara Crawford. In her class, she allowed me to play the blues and shared with me her world—ART.

After graduating from college, I worked as an apprentice for Myron Barnstone, in Allentown, PA, who provided a rigor for my craft that I much needed. With time, I gained a vocabulary and the skills to go out on my own.

To find my voice, I moved to rural Idaho, and it is there that I established myself in galleries, public art, and collectors. It is also there that I moved my style from the Relationship Series to The Things We Carry. The raw landscape and wildlife became my muse. The departure also removed me from Myron’s’ influence. After that I worked with the human form in the series called Intimate Stranger, which was the result of visiting Walter Reed Hospital.

Presently, I have returned to painting and drawing a mixed media process. I am doing a series of heads, entitled “Speechless Observers”. I have also changed to drawing, printmaking and painting.