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Larry Simons is a self-taught artist whose creations have oftenbeen large outdoor installations in the woods or on beaches left to bedestroyed by the elements. In 2005 he returned to making smaller pieces of amore permanent nature. “I first did assemblageslike these while living in Aspen in the 60’safter seeing the junk sculptures in the mud flats at the east end of S.F. Baybridge and the work of Louise Nevelson, Kurt Schwitters and Zoltan Kemeny butthen I got sidetracked by my business which took most of my creative energy forabout 30 years. I did accumulate some good junk during that time which I havebeen using in these new pieces. I have four long workbenches and lots ofshelves covered with the stuff which I find and friends bring me. I’m alwayslooking at the found objects I have laid outand moving them around to form different combinations. Some of my pieces havecome together quickly while others have taken as long as a year or more beforeI was satisfied. Most are made of unaltered elements, neither cut nor coloredwith the flags being an obvious exception where some cutting is necessary.However I never color anything, preferring to use what I find.”
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