Expert Comments:

Kenneth Trapp - Curator in Charge, Renwick Gallery, The Smithsonian Museum
“It brought a different character to the wood collection that we have, besides a new name. The fluidity of the piece, the use of the wood, the beautiful grain, all of the characteristics of the particular wood, I thought added a dimension.”

Al Oliver - Merchandise Manager, Nieman Marcus Home Stores - “I think that the beauty of (Sells’) work is not definable. I couldn’t give a set of characteristics. I think it hit our customers in the gut… Right away they looked and said, “Wow look at that!” and started buying it.
“I think that over time Brad will become that elder statesman, sort of like a Maloof in furniture, he will have that point of view and reference back to him.”

 

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What the Experts are Saying...

It’s obviously three-dimensional work and I don’t view it as craft; I view it as fine art… I mean, as I said, he’s probably already elevated himself to be one of the top ten or fifteen artists working with wood I the world. And his forms and his concepts and the message that he is trying to communicate I think make his work quite unusual.

Bob Bohlen
Author: The Fine Art of Wood: The Bohlen Collection
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