Jack Haker

Jack Haker Jack Haker with Original Artwork Click Here to View More Photos Jack Haker 4472 Sunburst Lane Stevensville, MT 59870 Phone: (406)777-2327 Contact: Send Email NOTE: Any pieces of artwork without prices on this site are "For Sale", please contact artist for pricing. Biographical Sketch Jack Haker Contemporary Bronze Artist/Foundry Artisan "Specializing in one of a kind original bronzes" A native Montanan, who grew up in Stanford, Montana. Jack received a Bachelor's Degree in Art Education in 1971. Then went on to acquire 54 additional graduate credits from Eastern Montana College in Billings, Montana. Jack taught in the Montana Public school system for 25 years. During his career, many of his art students received art scholarships and went on to develop their own careers in art, either as art instructors or as professional artists. Art Statement: "The strength of an artist's work lies in the power of the human soul". Jack Haker Artist's Statement: Sculpture "It is extremely fulfilling as a sculptor to have complete control over every aspect of the "Lost Wax Process". This process starts with a wax sculpture and ends with the application of a patina to create an original bronze sculpture. The bronze foundry fascination began 35 years ago; when as a graduate art student, I constructed a bronze furnace and casting system for graduate credit. Part of the graduate program consisted of producing a "life size" bronze sculpture using the bronze foundry that I constructed from scratch. Then three months later, after 13 individual bronze castings a "life size bronze sculpture emerged and was named "Diana". Soon after it's creation, this life size bronze was displayed in the Yellowstone Art Museum in Billings, Montana. After spending 25 years as an art instructor and retiring. I decided to pursue my fascination with bronze sculpture and casting. I spent many months researching and hand building from scratch the equipment needed for a bronze foundry. This foundry specialized in the "Ancient Lost Wax Process". This complicated process will produce an original one of a kind bronze sculpture. It may take many long dedicated months to produce one original bronze sculpture. The term "original" means that the sculpture is not massed produced in limited number editions, but is the only one in the world and will never be reproduced as a limited edition under any circumstances. The foundry process is an art form in itself and can take more time than creating the wax sculpture itself. When using this ancient bronze casting process you run the risk of losing the original wax sculpture if all the necessary steps are not done correctly. Contemporary Abstract Painter Artist's Statement: Abstract Painting I believe in creating paintings that stimulate the viewer with extreme bright color and psychological induced abstract shapes and design. A successful painting should be balanced and exhibit spatial excitement. This creation of emotional and psychological landscapes comes from the inner depths of the artist's mind. This is the highest form of creativity an artist can convey, those being the abstracted images from the artist's mind. For me, the greatest achievement possible is to entrance the viewer's attention to one of my paintings. Painting need to excite and produce reflective thoughts from the viewer. These abstract paintings represent the many complicated and emotional aspects of human thought. The viewer becomes an emotional and psychological participant by studying the painting's color and design, thus appreciating the strong impact each of these paintings individually represent. The process of abstraction in art is the final frontier for the artist to master. There is no end and no beginning in abstract art, only the infinity of the human mind. EXHIBITIONS: 1973: Life size bronze sculpture "Diana" exhibited in the The Yellowstone Art Museum, May 1971. 2004-05: December/July Exhibition of original bronze sculpture, abstract wood cuts, abstract paintings and intalio prints. All Around Art in Missoula, MT. 2005: Southwest Art, June 2005, Art Events, Montana Missoula, Jack Haker, All Around Art presents abstract, contemporary paintings and sculpture by Haker this month. ARTICLES: 1973: "Sculpting-Way of Life and Way to Live", Billings Gazette, July 1, 1973. 2004: "Former Teacher has Spread His Artistic Wings in Retirement" The Missoulian, April 30, 2004 2007: "Modern Abstract Expressionism in Bronze". The Montana Arts & Culture Magazine, June 2007 TV DOCUMENTARY: 2005: June 19,2005, "Under the Big Sky" Channel 8 KPAX, Missoula, MT. Documentary on the Lost Wax Process and display of finished bronze sculptures displayed at All Around Art.

Listed Artwork:   (Click on one to view more information about that artwork) Feminine Arch Wild Orchid with Thorns Showgirl Serenity Feminine Stealth High Impact Impact Energy Wind Stealth Intimate Interlude Nude Caressing the Sun Earth Angel Juxaposition Africa Loves Temptation Egyptian Pre-Flight The Color In Your Mind Feminine Thrust Diana Full Moon Arising Raptor In Blue Spring Suns Fury Emerging Feminique Dimensional Vortex Cretan Feminique Wire Dancer Entity of the Mist Loves End Lifes Destiny Feminine Transition Feminine Wood Essence of Our Love