Hugh Lassen
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Hugh Lassen was born in 1976 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He learned to carve after seeing a small Native American spear weight carving (also called a “Bird Stone”) in a museum. This surprising event lead him to study sculpture at the Art Students League of New York and drawing at the Spring Studio, NY. Often an idea will emerge from a drawing and will provide the beginning for a sculpture. By carving directly in the stone or wood the idea will be refined until, hopefully, it works in the round. He lives with his wife and two children in Cherryfield, Maine. Artist's Statement I find that my own sculptural aims revolve around mass, bulk, weight, in a phrase - ponderable form. For many years I've studied the figure using a range of exercises to develop my sense of touch. From these efforts and from my experiences carving, I realize that my work is founded on the human form, and occasionally, on animal forms. Resumé His work appeals to my appreciation of beautiful, clean, simple shapes. ~Bruce Brown, curator emeritus Center for Maine Contemporary Art 
"Incumbent Form" 2019 Slate 56 x 42 x 14 on granite base 13 x 23 x 19
"Arching Form" granite on granite base
"Seed Form" glacial erratic 44" x 39" x 19" on granite base 18" x 21" x 6" private collection
Emerging Form granite on granite base 33 x 27 x 28
Arching Form granite on granite base 47 x 47 x 24 private collection
"Sea Form" installed at The Buchanan Alumni House at the University of Maine, November 2014
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"Totem" granite on granite base 115" x 36" x 21" on base 41" x 42" x 14" sold
"Bird Form" Blue Stone 40 x 10 x 7 on granite base 12 x 12 x 24
"Recumbent Form" Blue Stone on Blue Stone base 17" x 31" x 12" sold-private collection
"Figure" Soapstone on granite base 50" x 18" x 12"
"Recumbent Form" (Elephant) Blue stone private collection
"Rhino" glacial erratic with inclusions on granite base Installed at the Buchanan Alumni House at the University of Maine
"Crocodile" Soapstone 22" x 42" x 15" on granite base 25" x 18" x 15" public collection
"Mask Form" granite on granite base 23 x 24 x 12 sold-private collection
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"Figure" Basalt 5 x 10 x 5