Todd Sherman
• acrylic, pencil on baltic birch plywood•
This wolf is intent on a scene we can only imagine. Most of my cutouts are of Northern creatures and the wolf is one of my favorites. It’s always a challenge to interpret portraits, animal or human. Portraits make up the bulk of my creations. I often choose wolves because they have a strong similarity to our own species. Both of us are social animals with certain hierarchies within these groups. Our eyes face front; we both have binocular vision looking forward. While dogs are our “best friends”, they are distant relatives of the wolf. Wolves are symbols of wild and large areas of wilderness, especially in the boreal forest.
TODD SHERMAN
Todd Sherman, born in the territory of Alaska, is an Emeritus Dean of the College of Liberal Arts (CLA) and Emeritus Professor of Art. He taught printmaking and other art classes for the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) Art Department and served as CLA’s Dean from 2012 to 2020. He received a BA in Art from UAF and an MFA from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, N.Y. His artwork has been shown in over 40 solo shows and well over 100 group exhibitions since 1977. His work is in private and public collections in Alaska, the U.S.A., Spain and Thailand.
