I have been drawing people since I was 14 years old. I was one of those kids who doodled in the margins of the notes all the time, while still listening to the teacher and taking a full set of notes. It seemed I couldn’t listen well unless I let part of my mind be occupied with the images. At age 14, my parents gave me a rapidograph pen. From then on, the pen became a part of my hand and drawings a part of my life.

When I draw, I find freedom in the black line as the pen rolls over the paper. I draw best when I am confined in a chair or am in a contained environment where I must listen intently; as in a musical performance, a lecture or very dry meeting. Often contradictory feelings or ideas take shape on the page. My imagination is free while my attention is focused elsewhere. Sometimes images emerge on the paper which exposes thoughts that were unknown to my conscious mind. These offshoot images expose new insights. What a joy!

Clay is a different media. Creating a sculpture takes planning and much less spontaneity. As I work the clay, it warms and softens in my hands. I transcend to a place in my in my imagination which I cannot use in my daily life. Working the clay is a foray into the daydreams of creativity. The finished bronze piece has a different visual and tactile sensation. The bronze is cool to touch, firm and very far from the warmth of clay in my hands. The piece has transformed. The visual fluidity is uncharacteristic of metal. My soft clay image has emerged as a permanent piece, fixed now in time.

The bronzes are about balance. They reflect my growth from adolescence into maturity. In my professional world, I am continually reminded of how delicately life is balanced.

My bronzes are people who reflect aging and wear. They are still dancing, doing cartwheels or resting. They are caught in the moments of transition. They may fall or fly. They are reflections of the delicate balance of life.

Or maybe, sculpture is about still playing with dolls, and drawing is a sojourn in imaginary worlds.

RESUME

EVANY D. ZIRUL BA, M.F.A., D.O.

Born in Brooklyn, New York

Zirul@comcast.net

Currently: Ear, Nose, Throat and Facial Plastic surgeon (Otolaryngologist) at Kaiser Permanente
(Separate resume for medical background available)

ART BACKGROUND/EDUCATION

Instructor of Fine Arts, Center College,
Danville, Kentucky 1972-1974

M.F.A. Sculpture and Design, University of Kansas,
Lawrence, Kansas 1972

Teaching Assistant, University of Kansas,
Lawrence, Kansas 1970-1972

Humbolt State College, Bronze Casting,
Arcata, California 1969

BA Art History, Mills College,
Oakland, California 1968

Art Course-work, Stanford University,
Palo Alto, California 1968

Art Course-work, The Art Institute of Kansas City,
Kansas City, Missouri 1967

ART PUBLISHED

Quilt IV, Ishmael Reed and A. Young 1984
Quilt V, Ishmael Reed and A. Young 1985

RELATED SKILLS

Pen and Ink drawings, medical illustrations published in Medical Journals, personal commentaries and caricatures

EXHIBITIONS

Nudes in November, 2nd Prize for Sculpture, Chris Sorensen Studio, Fresno, California 2006
The Fresno Four, Chris Sorensen studio, Fresno California 2006
CHALLENGES FORM, CENSORS | LJWorld.com 2006
Members Show, KC Artist’s Coalition, Kansas City, MO 1997
Kansas City Artist’s Coalition, Sculpture, Kansas City Missouri 1996
Central Exchange, group exhibit, sculpture, Kansas City Missouri 1996
The Muse Gallery, Women, sculpture, Kansas City, Missouri 1995
Heartland Theater, Drawings, Kansas City, Missouri 1994
Heartland Theater, Sculpture, Kansas City, Missouri 1994
Central Exchange, Drawings, Kansas City, Missouri 1994
Food For Thought, Drawings, Kansas City, Missouri 1992
Labors of Love, Kaw Valley Arts Exhibition, Kansas City, Kansas 1991
Body Language, Artists En Masse, Lawrence, Kansas 1991
First Bank of Gladstone, Drawings, Gladstone, Missouri 1990
Art in the Woods, Drawing, Overland Park, Kansas 1990
Artists En Masse, Lawrence, Kansas 1989
Corner Restaurant, Drawings, Kansas City, Missouri 1989
Westport Art Fair, Kansas City, Missouri 1989
Art in the Park, Kansas City, Missouri 1988
Central Exchange, Drawings, Kansas City, Missouri 1987
Pargot Gallery, Drawings, Edison, New Jersey 1985
Contemporary Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri 1979
Centre College Regional Arts Center, Danville, Kentucky 1974
Miller Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio 1973
Gallery West, Mendocino, California 1972
Fasi Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri 1972
Ten Year Retrospective, Jewish Community Center Contemporary Arts Gallery 1972
Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, California 1972
University Designer Craftsman Show, Kansas City, Kansas 1972
Contemporary Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri 1971
Major Exhibition Center, Kansas City, Missouri 1971
University of Kansas Teacher’s Exhibition, Lawrence, Kansas 1971
Mills College Senior Exhibition, Oakland, California 1968