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  • "All these works have a tale to tell, all have a history, all have walked their way from there to here by way of me."

    — James Surls

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    Eighteen Flowers, 2022. Burned basswood and steel. 144 x 108 x 11 inches. Photo by Stephen Karlisch. Private collection. (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    James Surls, Reflections, 2025 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    This Place, Everywhere, 2019. Bronze and stainless steel. 216 x 156 x 156 inches. Photo by Paul Go. Collection of the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum, Dallas, TX. (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Desert Wildflower, 2020. Bronze and stainless steel. 156 x 240 x 180 inches. Photo by Amanda D Brooks. Collection of Art in Embassies, U.S. Department of State, Hermosillo, Mexico, curated by Claire D'Alba and Imtiaz Hafiz. (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Eighteen Flowers, 2022
    Private collection

  • “I am sincere in my intent to look out as far as my eyes can parallel-track the contradictions of my being. Paradox is the godmother of my soul, giving me the difference between dark and light, marking the tight line stretching from the heavens in a flower, to the relativeness in the palm of my hand. Meaning comes only in connection with something that exists out there."

    — James Surls