LaVon Van Williams Carving
$250 current bidDescription of the Item:
Register or sign in to buy or bid on this item. Sign in and register buttons are in next section
Want to place a bid?
REGISTER NOWAlready have an account?
2 Watchers
"Slow Kiss Dance" By LaVon Van Williams
LaVon Van Williams is a self-taught sculptor. Born 1958, in Lakeland, FL, he finished high school in Denver, CO, before attending the University of Kentucky (1976-80) on a basketball scholarship. After a few years playing as a professional, he returned to Lexington where has lived since the mid 1980s. For many years he has worked as a teacher's aid at Morton Middle School, where he supervises the "safe room," an in-school program for at-risk students.
Williams has been making relief-carved sculpture since the 1980s, having adapted to his own use an African-American wood carving tradition passed on to him as a boy by Dave, his older brother. Dave had learned from watching their great-uncle, Luke Wright, who had brought his mallet and chisel method of carving south with him to Florida when he relocated from coastal South Carolina.
Value: $1000