Paul Van Lith is a Northern California artist known for thirty years of dynamic chiseled wood, plaster and concrete sculptures.
“Each piece, in some way, remembers the past. From the simple triangle or zigzag ornamentation which is present in almost all archaic cultures, to the primitive methods of positive mold making I employ to cast the concrete. The sculptures talk about what it can mean to be human, past and present, seeing Praxiteles and Brancusi with the same eyes."
Van Lith studied art at Sophia University, Tokyo Japan, Spokane Fall Community College, Spokane, WA and the University of Nebraska. In 2009 Van Lith’s outdoor sculpture “Landscape Votive” was selected for public display by juror Steven Oliver in Cloverdale, CA. He is collected locally and internationally, from Healdsburg, CA to Paris, France.
