“Every object of art I produce is already hidden inside the tree trunk waiting to be revealed and enjoyed,” Virgil says. “It is such a privilege to reveal what is inside unseen.”
Gift of the Kowalczyk family, 2010.
Arboretum Poetry, 2010
Virgil Leih
American, b. 1945
2010
Black walnut wood (Juglans nigra)
62 x 14 x14 inches
Snyder Building Lobby alongside Grecian Wedding Vase and Oracle
“Every object of art I produce is already hidden inside the tree trunk waiting to be revealed and enjoyed,” Virgil says. “It is such a privilege to reveal what is inside unseen.”
Gift of the Kowalczyk family, 2010.