Robert Byron Gottschall Contemporary Organic Sculptor |
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Natural stories of life surround the artist in his remote Texas Hill Country studio. Evocative black walnut burl shapes grow into sculptures alongside bronze and marble statues evolving over the years into finished form. Gottschall has developed a myriad of styles to connect us to nature and its underlying mysteries through art. This artist connects modern myth to natural images projected through contemporary organic sculpture.
Born August 16, 1947 in Los Angeles, California, Gottschall spent much of his childhood studying art in Taiwan and Japan. He began carving at the age of 8 years old and has been a professional sculptor since 1970. He graduated from Hillcrest High School, Dallas, Texas in 1965 and attended Texas Tech University and the University of Texas at Austin. Gottschall has studied and maintained studios in Santa Fe, New Mexico; Colorado Springs and Aspen, Colorado; Bellingham, Washington; Dripping Springs and Houston, Texas. Wimberley, Texas is the place he calls home and maintains his studio with his partner Deborah Roberts.