As I stand beside myself I look upon where I sit And wonder Question my name Have I not remembered Who I am whom I was As I don’t remember the name The person I see, I can’t recall Space and time, don’t seem to fit Lost in the remembrance I seek Found in the 3rd dimension I see clearly
From my mind as a black man living in modern American social ills. Gerard Merchant was born in 1959 in Lynchburg, Virginia. My works are primarily in wood sculpture. My sculptures emerge through a process of retakes and variations that mark my creative journey of examining the ambiguity between my vision, and the wood’s already exquisite origination. As I execute unclear and less formal rules and which should always reference the partnership with Nature, we create Art.