..Horace Farlowe's recent works represent the culmination of thirty-seven years of stone carving and painting research. The sculptures, in particular, are an evolution toward a complex goal of spontaneity. Success for this sculptor is defined by the hard appearing easy, by the illusion that the laborious is easy. A sculpture may be carved from many blocks of marble which are then combined, juxtaposed and assembled, suggesting in the result of almost spontaneous generation. The paintings, like many of the sculptures, are about passageways, archways, bridges and windows. The journey for the perceiver is a round trip from the real to the imaginary and illusory and back. There is an interplay of architectonic form and free space (a comfortable atmosphere)."

Dr. William Squires Professor of Art Criticism Lamar Dodd School of Art The University of Georgia

HORACE L. FARLOWE OBITUARY
by Allie Farlowe
April 8th has marked the passing of two great artists, Pablo Picasso in 1973 and most recently my father Horace L. Farlowe. Dad was born in 1933 in Robbins, a small town in North Carolina. Even as a small child he felt compelled to draw. In 1953, after one semester at Appalachian State University, Dad joined the marines and was sent to Korea. After returning home in 1957, he studied architecture at North Carolina State University. The architectural concepts acquired during those years in Raleigh would continue to play recurring roles in his work throughout his life. In 1961 Dad transferred to Atlantic Christian College (now Barton College) in North Carolina. His decision was driven by his desire to study under the painter Russell Arnold. Also during this period Dad became heavily influenced by the work of Willem de Kooning, Richard Diebeikorn, and Constantin Brancusi. During graduate school at East Carolina University from 1963-1964, Dad turned his attention to sculpture. In particular, he experimented with carving marble, the process and material which would dominate the rest of his life. In 1979, after several previous academic appointments, Dad accepted a teaching position at the University of Georgia in order to develop a stone carving program. After retiring Professor Emeritus in 2000, he worked full-time in his studio. Dad's passion and drive to create was immeasurable. He literally ate, slept, and breathed art. Commissions, teaching appointments, and marble quarries determined each place he called home or vacationed. In essence, for Dad art was not only a lifestyle, but also a religion. He firmly stood behind his motto that in order to be an artist you must work! Even after my Dad physically exited the studio at the end of the day, covered in marble dust and looking like the abominable snowman, his mind continued to explore the intricacies and possibilities within his current design. Although my father will be remembered as a loving husband, a dedicated father, an inspiring teacher, and a true friend, he would want to be remembered most notably for his work. His paintings and sculpture in public and private collections scattered throughout the United States and abroad are his legacy. They were his way of giving back to the world. Each of those pieces speaks volumes about their creator. As I study his work, I am flooded with images. Trips to Italy, museums visits, and quiet moments at home flash before my eyes. Then I see Dad enduring the hot, summer, Georgia heat carving outside his studio, I see his determined look as he struggles with a maquette, I see the excitement in his eyes when a new marble shipment arrives, and I see an artist who was committed to learning, creating, and evolving.