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Brian Somerville

I sculpt beasts.

Layered with humor and personal symbolism, my creatures explore human relationships and the beast within us all. 

The Weight of a Whisper

It must have been a whisper.

Perhaps the voice of one.

Questioning procedure

of how things all were done.


It grew through generations.

From seeds of thoughts to trees.

To a forest on an island

drowning in the sea.


Some saw it as a threat.

To break a fractured nation.

Some did next to nothing.

Some drank it like salvation.


This activist for progress.

On predator rides prey.

A monument devoted

to what meek voices say. 



H-84" x W-37" x D-25"

ceramic, wood, metal, foam, epoxy, antlers

Status: Sold

To Tame a Beast

Could a beast be tamed?

To work or fight or die.

Giving up on hopes and dreams

Without pause to ask why.


Would a beast be tamed?

Through rules and laws and shame.

A life of sticks and carrots, 

A rigged eternal game.


Should a beast be tamed?

To hit hits cues on stage.

To bury every instinct

Content inside a cage.


This beast was never tamed.

The wild won't leave its head.

And when their chains all rust away,

This beast tames you instead.



H-12' x W-6' x D-4'

concrete, fiberglass epoxy, foam, metal

Assumption Sculpture Garden

Germantown

1213 7th Ave. N

Nashville, TN

Shell-Shocked

"Get your shelled ass moving!"

Barked the wild hare to its ride.

As the tortoise slowed its pace, 

And raced on till it died. 



H-36" x W-13" x D-25"

ceramic, wood, metal, foam epoxy

Status: Sold

BARNSTORMER

It flew with wings of bolts and bones

Above the fog from coal.

It saw the sky was falling down

And did not tell a soul.



H-76.5" x W-84" x D-35"

ceramic, wood, metal, foam, epoxy

Status: Available

The Swashbuckler

Start this day guns a blazin.

Sail steadfast towards the sun.

With seven seas to explore,

Don't anchor in just one.



H-39" x W-21" x D-17"

ceramic, metal, wood, foam, epoxy

Status: sold

The Visionary

Building castles in your dreams

Are fantasies worth keeping.

Steal your passion from the moon

And stack bricks when not sleeping.



H-34" x W-21" x D-17"

ceramic, metal, wood, foam, epoxy

The Suit

Composing empires all your life

Remains a noble goal.

Still, obligations signed in ink

Should not involve your soul.



H-34" x W-21" x D-17"

ceramic, metal, wood, foam, epoxy

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