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New York Sculptor Jack Howard-Potter has become a favorite Artist by ArtQuest business sponsors and viewers alike.

In ArtQuest 2006, The Island Plaza sponsored “Blue Man,” which was later purchased by the city. This sculpture now stands alongside City Hall.

For ArtQuest 2008, two sponsors chose very different sculptures by the artist. Coast to Coast Custom Homes chose “Warrior,” a semi-abstract powder-coated steel sculpture depicting parts of a fighting man. Rick’s Island Salon and Day Spa chose “Sway,” a red powder-coated steel wire frame sculpture of a female form, whom the Artist calls “an empowered female form.”

The Artist was educated at Union College and wrote his thesis on figurative steel sculpture. Afterwards, he spent a year in Colorado to work with a blacksmith and gained knowledge about metalworking. Later he studied the human figure at the Art Students League in New York City, creating thousands of drawings in his pursuit of understanding the human form. His work was shown at the prestigious Wally Findlay Galleries. This successful show led to commissions and other exhibitions. Howard-Potter has gained the reputation as a serious fine arts sculptor, in demand for shows and exhibitions, and widely collected.

Of the works on exhibit in ArtQuest 2008, the Artist said, “I try to capture movement in a medium that does not move. I work to convey a sense of fluid action in space. My sculptures seek to convey the motion of the body in extremely stressful and beautiful positions; the moment a dancer is at the peak of a jump, the weightless split second before a body succumbs to gravity. I want the viewer to visualize the actions that led up to a given pose and the actions that will follow it. Using the brightly colored surfaces separates the figures from the landscape, making them stand out in much the same way people do when they wear clothes.”