Artist Lecture Series

THOM LAIDIG

Mr. Laidig is a native Angeleno who's artist vision has lead him back to Colorado in a quest to carve indelible statements in stone: At five years old he first carved an effigy upon the side of his parents house using a claw hammer and screwdriver. In place of punishment, encouragement into the arts was focused. A language of quasi-geometric, intertwined shapes began to gestate. Eventually, with a degree from Cal Berkeley, a mixed media approach of both life pursuit and materials has culminated and fixated upon the chisel carving of stone. Steeped in geology, geography and history, he follows a whimsical and existential voyage into stone abstractions.