STEVE BICKLEY
Blue Spots, 2018
Archival print
Edition of 6
24 x 24 inches
$1000 unframed
STEVE BICKLEY SCULPTURES & PRINTS
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Bickley, Spring Beauty, (Detail), 2022 [Cover]
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STEVE BICKLEY
Artist Statement
My recent works return to familiar metaphors of natural symbols that have been the focal point of my sculpture for over 25 years. This symbolic visual language provides an opportunity to synthesize diverse ideas, histories, theories, emotions and opinions into a creative unity. These abstract landscape compositions of natural forces such as earth, water, wind, and air provide the viewer both complicated and minimal interpretations.
The cloud shape is an important element in this visual and metaphorical vocabulary often presented in its minimal and most recognizable form. The use of stainless steel and its unique characteristics of light reflection and collection add additional environmental depth to a work. When the cloud is in its steel form it becomes more defined and is often the connecting point to the ground plane.
These works also reinforce and refresh the history of metal sculpture. Bridging the gap of the past and present, the works integrate the tradition of drawing with the latest of digital technology. The textures and color of the works create an additional visual depth for the viewer with a natural surface that is often in contrast to the mechanical formalism of their construction.
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Opposite Page - Steve Bickley, Phiox (detail), 2022
STEVE BICKLEY
Spring Beauty, 2022
Painted aluminum
51 x 48 inches
$12,000
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STEVE BICKLEY
Spring Beauty (Detail), 2022
Painted aluminum
51 x 48 inches
$12,000
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STEVE BICKLEY
Black Eyed Susan, 2022
Painted aluminum
48 x 51 inches
$12,000
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STEVE BICKLEY
Black Eyed Susan (Detail), 2022
Painted aluminum
48 x 51 inches
$12,000
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STEVE BICKLEY
Silver Phlox, 2021
Stainless steel
36 x 36 inches
$6,500
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Phiox, 2022
Painted aluminum
72 x 72 inches
$20,000
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STEVE BICKLEY
Phiox (Detail) , 2022
Painted aluminum
72 x 72 inches
$20,000
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STEVE BICKLEY
Peacock, 2022
Painted aluminum
72 x 72 inches
$20,000
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Peacock (Detail), 2022
Painted aluminum
72 x 72 inches
$20,000
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STEVE BICKLEY
Sea Robin, 2018
Aluminum
60 x 60 inches
$14,000
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Silver Beauty, 2022
Aluminum
52 x 48 inches
$10,000
*Similar available for commission
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Teal Skycloud, 2023
Painted HDF
18 x 20 inches
$9,500
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ALTO, 2017-18
Cor-Ten steel
60 x 55 x 22 inches
$58,000
*Similar available for commission
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Wanchese, 2013
Cor-Ten steel, wall mounted
480 x 96 x 10 inches
$75,000
*Similar available for commission
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White Cloudscape, 2022
Painted HDF
27 x 20 x 10 inches
$9,500
*Similar available for commission
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FOGO, 2016
Stainless steel
22 x 18 x 10 inches
$9,500
*Similar available for commission
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OO-EH’NCHS-WEH (Cloud), 2013
Stainless steel
72 x 72 x 32 inches
$55,000
*similar available for comission
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STEVE BICKLEY
Blue Spots, 2018
Archival print
Edition of 6
24 x 24 inches
$1000 unframed
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STEVE BICKLEY
Square + Tail, 2018
Archival print
Edition of 6
24 x 24 inches
$1000 unframed
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STEVE BICKLEY
Blue + Orchid, 2018
Archival print
Edition of 6
24 x 24 inches
$1000 unframed
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STEVE BICKLEY
Apaco, 2018
Archival print
Edition of 6
24 x 24 inches
$1000 unframed
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STEVE BICKLEY
Swallow + Tail, 2018
Archival print
Edition of 6 24 x 24 inches
$1000 unframed
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STEVE BICKLEY
Green Swallow Tail, 2018
Archival print
Edition of 6
24 x 24 inches
$1000 unframed
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STEVE BICKLEY
Jay + Bee’s , 2018
Archival print
Edition of 6
24 x 24 inches
$1000 unframed
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STEVE BICKLEY
Orange Swallow Tail, 2018
Archival print
Edition of 6 24 x 24 inches
$1000 unframed
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STEVE BICKLEY
Blue Avo, 2018
Archival print
Edition of 6
24 x 24 inches
$1000 unframed
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STEVE BICKLEY
Red Avo, 2018
Archival print
Edition of 6
24 x 24 inches
$1000 unframed
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Steve Bickley
Abbreviated CV
Lives and works in Blacksburg, VA
EDUCATION
1978 MFA University of Georgia
1974 BFA East Carolina University
SELECT COLLECTIONS
VCU Children’s Hospital
Capital One Financial Corporation, Taubman Museum of Art
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Behnish and Partners Architects of Stuttgart Germany The Smithsonian Institution
University of South Carolina
Mary Washington College
Virginia Tech
Markel
Sydney and Francis Lewis Collection
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STEVE BICKLEY Blue Spots, 2018 Archival print Edition of 6 24 x 24 inches $1000 unframed STEVE BICKLEY Sculptures & Prints Catalog Design Rachel Crawford, Registrar For inquiries, please email us at page@pagebondgallery.com PAGE BOND GALLERY 804-359-3633 pagebondgallery.com P.O. Box 14551, Richmond, VA 23221 62