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ne peek at a sculpture by Lotz and you know anyone who puts that much effort into detail must have a passion
for life. Each figure is expressive and full of zest. His characters interact with one an- other. Each of his pieces tell a story, like a 3-D vignette.
“I like people to be happy when they see my work,” Lotz said. “With the amount of detail I put into them, it lets them continue to explore. The different angles give them something different to explore.” Lotz bases his art on poems, stories and
nursery rhymes. “The stuff I do is based on growing up,” he said. “I want to invoke happy memories.” Among his pieces are “Humpty
Dumpty,” in which the central figure is laughing and “crack- ing up;” “Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary,” a cute, fat little hippo with her nose buried in a bed of flowers; and “I’m a Little Tea Pot,” in which an elephant in a small dress is the tea pot and her trunk acts as the spout.
“Curiosity - White” Bronze Sculpture 6 x 3.75 x 4.75 15 AP, 150 SN
Quillan’s sculptures are also detailed, but in a dif- ferent way. His works usually feature a subject — a gleaming sea turtle, lizard or tree frog — singularly depicting a delicate tale of nature’s beauty. The forms reveal a simple action: leaping, squatting, reaching, swimming, stretching.
Everything Quillan creates is environmentally
related. “As you get older, you realize there is life in everything,” he said. “It’s just that I want people to appreciate what’s out there in nature, whether it’s dolphins or whales or mice.”
“Dr. Livingstone I Presume?” Paul B. Lotz
Bronze Sculpture 9” x 27” x 20”
Quillan swims with sea turtles and volunteers on bi- ology research, studying everything from kangaroo rats to squirrels to more sea turtles. This doesn’t begin to explain the depth of his involvement with nature. Quillan’s pieces range from 3 inches to 2 feet. His favorites include “Making Mischief,” two sea turtles swimming to the bottom of the ocean; and “Curiosity,” a little mouse peeking into the eye socket of a bobcat skull. “Turtle Tea Pot” is a detailed piece with numerous turtles crawling about, as if from a nest. Open the lid and there is a sea turtle on each side, one dangling into the tea pot. “The biggest thing for me,” Quillan said, “is that I’m actually humbled when I see a person holding one of my pieces.”
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