Gar Waterman

The first iteration of my nudibranch inspired art/science exhibit had a very successful two year run at the Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk, Connecticut. My carved marble and onyx sea slug sculptures together with spectacular images from some great underwater photographers made a great show and introduced a wide audience to the incredible world of nudibranchs.

A wonderful combination of BIll Kent's slate prints and my beetle sculptures. So great to see his work cleanly framed and lit.

In A Pattern Language at Kehler Liddell Gallery in Westville, sculptor Gar Waterman uses wooden foundry patterns from the National Pipe Bending Company to take a fresh look at a vestige of New Haven’s industrial past. A subsidiary of the Bigelow Boiler Company, NPB prospered for over 100 years on River Street in Fair Haven. When it closed it left behind a forgotten stash of these beautifully made examples of the pattern maker’s craft, integral to the process of making cast iron parts. A classic example of artistic alchemy with the found object, Waterman’s sculpture retains the pattern’s original patina of time, use, and color while endowing them with new life and meaning.

Feral Seed sculptures at the the Mystic Art Museum, 2019

A 2013 Exhibit at the Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury, CT with print maker Barbara Putnam