From his student days at St. Martin’s School of Art in England to working as an assistant to Henry Moore, Isaac Witkin has been recognized as an important artist, sculptor, and teacher.

Throughout his career, it is quite clear that Witkin has never been completely satisfied with one way of creating sculpture – whether it was through carving, forming, twisting, or casting.  He has continued to expand his visual language through looking, searching, experimenting, and seeking independent vision.

The exhibition entitled Out of the Crucible: Images Born of Fire and Water, once again demonstrated Witkin’s continued development, growth, and adventurousness in pushing a sculptural material and transforming it into a new form.  As Witkin has stated, “I tried to simulate nature’s way of form-making … I then proceed to develop it as a musician would by improvising on theme and variation.”