| Charles N. Myers | ||
| Birth Date: 1932 |
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| Death Date: 1973 Artist Gallery |
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| Charles N. Myers was born in 1932, graduated from Massillon High school and received a BS in Art Education from Kent State University. He taught art at Massillon High School.
While teaching he began welding in the vocational department of the high school. When “Maquette #5” was purchased by the Museum, Myers made the following statement: “To me, art is forms expressive of the time and society in which an artist finds himself. Our lives at this time and this part of the country are synonymous with steel. With welded sculpture I can bridge the work-a-day world to the spirituality and sensitivity of art.
To the viewer approaching my work, I suggest that he not look with the preconceived idea that they represent something. What he sees, touches, and feels about them, they are. Occasionally, objects in nature capture my interest, but I do not attempt to reproduce them. I make a statement about the objects.
There are traditional principles of art that are as fundamental and binding as those of life: the elements of sculpture, design elements or activators of space, and principles of order. Although creating infers the becoming of newness and originality, to create with total disregard for these principles is as impossible as living without breathing.”
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