HERB ALPERT (b. 1935)

HERB ALPERT Herb Alpert is an American Jazz musician who maintains a second career as a abstract expressionist painter and sculptor. During the height of his music career, he began painting, and in the early 1980s, he began to sculpt as well. His paintings and sculpture, though a different art form, still speak to his love of music and his musical style. His sculpture has been termed “lyrical” and his latest works are meant to capture the feeling he gets when he plays jazz. They are improvisational, much like jazz, and he says he gets the same rush of energy and the same satisfaction from creating visual art as he does from creating musical art.

Artistically, he is known for his “Spirit Totem” sculptures. They have been described as “frozen smoke” and indeed, each has individually crafted twists and curves, and a sense of fluidity and movement, despite being still bronze statues. Alpert creates the molds by hand, first in small scale with wax, then in a larger clay mold, before they reach their final, large scale, forged in bronze. In regard to his process, Alpert has said, "When I paint or sculpt I don't have anything in mind. I don't have a goal other than form. I'm looking for that form that touches me and when I find it... I stop."

ARTWORK

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Arrowhead
bronze
201 x 48 x 48 in.
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Freedom
bronze
201 x 48 x 48 in.
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Radiance
bronze
161 x 40 x 40 in.
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Inspired
bronze
100 x 20 x 12 in.
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Concert Master
bronze
93 x 14 in.
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Embrace
bronze with black patina
83 x 27 x 27 in.
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Tsunami
acrylic on canvas
72 x 120 in.
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El Toro Solitario (The Lonely Bull)
bronze
17 x 33 1/2 x 14 in.
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Eagle Falls
bronze
41 1/2 x 10 x 10 in.
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First Impression
bronze
37 3/4 x 8 x 8 in.
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Two Heads Are Better Than One
bronze
36 1/2 x 15 1/2 x 13 in.
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Untitled
bronze
44 1/8 x 10 1/2 x 10 in.
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Bird's Eye View 110
bronze
38 x 10 in.
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Counter Balance
bronze
28 x 28 in.
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Human Nature
bronze
44 x 10 x 7 in.
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Relatives
acrylic on canvas
60 x 72 in.
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Whispering Conversations
acrylic on canvas
36 x 96 in.
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Wintergreen
acrylic on canvas
48 x 72 in.
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Black Horizon
acrylic and coffee on canvas
48 x 72 in.
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Lazy Afternoon
acrylic on canvas
72 x 48 in.
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Congregation
acrylic on canvas
48 x 72 in.
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Golden Dreams
acrylic on canvas
48 x 72 in.
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Spellbound
acrylic on canvas
72 x 48 in.
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Silent Snow
acrylic on canvas
72 x 48 in.
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Soft Spoken
acrylic on canvas
48 x 72 in.
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Falling for You
acrylic on canvas
48 x 72 in.
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Now Hear This
acrylic on canvas
48 x 72 in.
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Jive Talk
acrylic on canvas
48 x 72 in.
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Against the Wind
acrylic on canvas
48 x 72 in.
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Silent Spring
acrylic on canvas
48 x 72 in.
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Chicago
acrylic and coffee on canvas
60 x 48 in.
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Covid City
coffee on canvas
36 x 72 in.
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Blue Tornado
acrylic on canvas
36 x 72 in.
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Brasilian Moon
acrylic on canvas
36 x 72 in.
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Brasilian Mist
acrylic on canvas
36 x 72 in.
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Isolation
acrylic on canvas
36 x 60 in.
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Fractured Memories
acrylic on canvas
60 x 36 in.
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Just a Dream Away
acrylic on canvas
60 x 36 in.
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The Observer
acrylic on canvas
60 x 36 in.
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Barnyard
acrylic on canvas
48 x 48 in.
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Big Black
acrylic on paper
44 x 60 in.
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At the Ballet
acrylic on canvas
48 x 48 in.
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Fungus Among Us
acrylic on canvas
36 x 48 in.
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Dressed Up
acrylic on canvas
36 x 48 in.
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I'm Sorry
acrylic on canvas
36 x 48 x 1 1/2 in.
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Seven Moons
acrylic on canvas
48 x 36 in.
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Purplered
acrylic on canvas
48 x 32 in.
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Moonglow
acrylic on canvas
48 x 36 in.
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Passer By
acrylic and coffee on canvas
48 x 36 in.
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Floating Aura
acrylic and coffee on canvas
48 x 36 in.
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Lover Man
acrylic and coffee on canvas
48 x 36 in.
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Mysterious Flower
mixed media
48 x 36 in.
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Nocturne
acrylic and coffee on canvas
36 x 60 in.
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Stormy Monday
coffee on canvas
36 x 48 in.
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Disorganized
coffee on canvas
48 x 36 in.
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Up Up and Away
acrylic on canvas
48 x 36 in.
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Modulation
acrylic on canvas
48 x 36 in.
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Connection
acrylic on canvas
36 x 48 in.
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First Appearance
acrylic on canvas
48 x 36 in.
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Blues in the Night
acrylic on canvas
48 x 36 in.
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Modern Man
acrylic on canvas
48 x 36 in.
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Secret Whispers
acrylic on canvas
36 x 36 in.
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Abracadabra
acrylic on canvas
24 x 36 in.
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Separate Tables
acrylic on canvas
24 x 36 in.
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Optical Illusion
coffee on canvas
24 x 36 in.
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Chat Room
acrylic on canvas
25 x 31 in.
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