Location: United States
I'm a self-taught 3-D Mixed Media / Concept Artist /
Sculptor. I have exhibited as ‘Faces of Humanity’ or simply Dale M Sumner. My
concepts generally start with a life size face cast in plaster and finished in
iron and other metals for patina. My art can take on numerous forms…from freestanding
statues to framed sculptures that hang on the wall. The frames are a key
component and represent the culture of the sculpted character. I’ve used brick,
African mud cloth, frames embellished with bone and henna from Marrakesh,
Edwardian leather and raffia suede leather from Argentina. Current showings
include Redwood Art Shows in the following locations: Art Santa Fe 2022, 2023, 2024 and Art Dallas
2022 along with Spectrum Miami 2023. I have two donated pieces featured as
permanent exhibits. One piece, ‘Loving Earl', is located at the Knoxville
Historical Museum in Tennessee and the other is a very personal piece located
in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. 'Firestorm in Gatlinburg' depicts the aftermath of a
horrific fire where 13 people lost their life. I am available for commissioned artwork.
I live and work in Fort Worth, Texas.
3-D Mixed Media Concept Art at 1:6 scale. “Only the Lonely” was selected by Gallery 25N in New York to be exhibited worldwide under the “Faces of Humanity” theme. The exhibition was limited to, what they considered, the top 20 artist in the world representing visual art pertaining to humanity. This particular piece was placed on the cover of the ‘coffee table’ book that was published.
$1800 (excludes shipping)
'Only the Lonely' was featured in the February 2017 Gallery 25N in New York's "Faces of Humanity" exhibition featuring the top 20 artist in the world expressing this category. The coffee table book also featured four other pieces from my collection. 'Only the Lonely' was the coffee table book cover for major galleries and museums as a result of this exhibition. I do original concepts and this like my other works is the only one of it's kind..
3-D Mixed Media Concept Art at 1:6 scale. Concept is a PTSD teen.
$1450 (excludes shipping)
3-D Mixed Media Concept Art at 1:6 scale
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3-D Mixed Media Concept Art a 1:6 scale
$1750 (excludes shipping)
3-D Mixed Media Concept Art
3-D Mixed Media
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3-D Mixed Media Concept Art 1:6 scale
3-D Mixed Media Concept Art at 1:6 scale
SOLD!
3-D Mixed Media Concept Art in 1:6 scale
NOT FOR SALE
3-D Mixed Media Concept Art at 1:6 scale
NOT FOR SALE
3-D Mixed Media Concept Art in 1:6 scale
NOT FOR SALE
3-D Mixed Media Concept Art in 1:6 scale
This is augmented photography of my original sculpt, “Voices in my head”. The hand-laid stone frame matches the stone in the original piece. The uniqueness of this piece is the impressionist approach to the focus. Up close it’s distorted but 10 feet away it’s clear.
3-D Mixed Media in 1:6 scale. This piece emphasizes the efforts of many to live their life without limits. It is important to take in the many facets of this art work and what it stands for
$1800 (excludes shipping outside of Fort Worth)
Plaster, wood and cloth dipped in Paverpol. Vespa was 3-D printed but the rust, color and patina was enhanced by Sculpt Nouvea products
$1900 (excludes shipping)
The Hollow stands 6 feet tall and it's very abstract. This represents the perils of what you may come across when least expecting.The accents on the door are real. Brass mail slot from 1908, glass door knob, skeleton key and rusted kick plate are a few examples. Small creature was my imagination and when you lift the mail slot, it reveals the mother's eye looking a you. The small creature features eyes I ordered from a Russian taxidermist. This was a fun piece to create.
Donation to The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra. 3-D Mixed Media in 1:6 scale portrays a street busker
Scale on this piece is life size and the style is referenced as "enigmatic". Snow Day is done in iron and I use 3 different acids to achieve the various patina's.
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This is my largest piece to date completed October 1, 2019. Scale is life-size. BLACK TUESDAY is an enigmatic sculpt as you can see with the portion of the left arm missing that holds the briefcase and the characters entire right arm is missing. This is plaster cast and coated in iron. I applied many chemicals to patina the iron to the shade I wanted. Key to this pieces character is the hand sanding. Started with an 800 grit working to a 3000 grit for the actual polish. Story behind the story: The alligator briefcase ... represents this character was "the best of the best" and in the blink of a day, he lost it all except for his elegant suit and alligator briefcase. Then starts "The Great Depression"
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This piece is plaster cast and the scale is life-size. The finish is iron except for the over-all's which are finished in Bronze with a traditional blue patina. The cellphone was cast from a block of wood with the plaster 'hand' sculpted around it. Goggles were plaster cast from and actual pair of 1910 welding goggles.
NOT FOR SALE.
3-D Mixed Media to bring awareness to COVID-19 and the hardship it has left many Americans in
3-D Mixed Media 1:60 scale. Plaster cast. One-off design
$500
1:6 scale plaster cast mounted on slate. Note the rugs are actual Chimayo rug samples from the mud 1950’s
$500 (excludes shipping)
This piece is still in progress. It is dedicated to anyone who died from COVID-19. What I’m capturing is the image of someone’s hopelessness of never leaving the hospital and the lost look on their face
3 day celebration of life in Algeria for a woman. An Owambe can be a wedding, a birthday or simply a coming of age. Owambe’s are celebrated wearing a festive head wrap called a Gele. The clothing is very colorful and festive
$3700 (excludes shipping)
The forgotten Sioux from the lower Brule. SOLD!.
This piece was originally designed to fit the imagination of the person that was viewing it. That changed the very next day upon completion of “Enough already” when the mass school shooting in Uvalde, Texas took place. The anguish and horror on my characters face was haunting to me. This piece speaks volumes of “ENOUGH ALREADY!” SOLD!
Inspired by ‘Pink Floyd’s’ The Wall, my concept evolved into a message about senseless gun violence. Note the air brushed figure in the lower right corner. This is my second piece to address’Enough Alread’. Life-size, plaster cast face finished in iron and faux stone hoodie on a real brick wall.
$4400 (on-of-a kind)
Inspired by the 1922 painting ‘The Gift’ by Earnest L Blumenschein. My piece portrays the central figure. A man watching over the children in Taos. His gift is a ‘calling’. Scale is life size. Plaster cast finished in iron. The frame is vintage from Mexico and the back drop is Edwardian leather.
$5600 (excludes shipping)
Inspired by a woman from Marrakech referred to being ‘a foreigner’. The head wrap and colors are distinctive. Scale is life size and the face is plaster cast. Head wrap is faux stone and the dark blue is damask cloth dipped in a hardening agent known as Paverpol. The frame was custom made for me in Marrakech and the backdrop is tan raffia leather
$4400(excludes shipping).
Inspired by the ritual of face painting in West Africa. Mali is the reference to where she’s from. The frame came from Nigeria and the black and white edges are real in-laid bone. The back drop is ‘mud cloth’ from from Algeria too. Scale is life size. *Piece is unfinished
$5400 (excludes shipping)
Ukraine piece. The burnt driftwood symbolizes the destruction from the war and the face symbolizes the weariness of the continued fighting.
$3500 w/the pedestal (excludes shipping)
Working around a ‘Limited Edition’ full size pedal car was the best prop and a huge challenge. Concept was to sculpt a life size 5 year old little girl dreaming big and feeling the need for speed in her race car. She was designed to slide in the car and be able to slide back out as to not compromise the collectability of the pedal car. Actual car is ‘The Black & Gold Limited Edition’ T-Model. This pedal car is #1518 of 2999 ever built and it’s the only pedal car endorsed by Ford Motor Co plus it’s never been ridden or on the ground. Definite barn find antique pedal car.
$4700 (pick-up only)
Plaster cast, life size sculpt of a 6 year old finished in Iron mounted on a ‘lazy Susan’ base. Little Britches was recently exhibited in Santa Fe at #ArtSantaFe July 22-14, 3024
Inspired by the Carnival of Venice. This life size sculpt is a collaboration of plaster and Paverpol fabric. Venice Carnival was exhibited in Santa Fe, NM on July 12-14, 2024 at #ArtSantaFe and sold to a couple from Chattanooga TN.
Inspired by the 1989 Batman movie with Jack Nicholson as ‘The Joker’. Plaster cast and life size sculpt. ‘The Joker’ was exhibited on July 12-14, 2024 in Santa Fe, NM at #ArtSantaFe
“Only the Lonely”
“Only the Lonely”
“Only the Lonely”
“Only the Lonely”
“Voices in my Head”
“Voices in my Head”
“Voices in my Head”
“Freak Show”
“Freak Show”
“Freak Show”
“Night Crawler”
“Night Crawler”
“Night Crawler”
“Small Talk”
“Small Talk”
“Small Talk”
“Cadillac Ranch”
“Cadillac Ranch”
“Cadillac Ranch ”
“Cadillac Ranch ”
“Firestorm in Gatlinburg”
“Firestorm in Gatlinburg”
“Firestorm in Gatlinburg”
“POPCORN”
“POPCORN”
“Loving Earl”
“Loving Earl”
“Loving Earl”
“Lichtenberg Watcher”
“Keeper of the Ammonite”
“Keeper of the Ammonite”
“Caught in the Middl”
“Caught in the Middle”
“Kindle in the Park”
“Kindle in the Park”
“Voices ... looking back”
“Voices ... looking back”
“Hope no matter what”
“Earth Glow”
“Earth Glow”
“Voices on Canvas”
“Voices on Canvas”
“Inclusion”
“Inclusion”
“Inclusion”
“Inclusion”
“Avalanche”
“Avalanche”
“Avalanche”
“Ride it like you stole it”
“Ride it like you stole it”
“Ride it like you stole it”
“Ride it like you stole it”
“The Hollow”
“The Hollow”
“The Hollow”
“The Hollow”
“Sweet Beautiful Music”
“Sweet Beautiful Music”
“Sweet Beautiful Music”
“Sweet Beautiful Music”
“Snow Day”
“Snow Day”
“Snow Day”
“Snow Day”
“Snow Day”
“BLACK TUESDAY”
“BLACK TUESDAY”
“BLACK TUESDAY”
“BLACK TUESDAY”
“BLACK TUESDAY”
“BLACK TUESDAY”
“Self(ie) Made Man”
“Self(ie) Made Man”
“Self(ie) Made Man”
“Anything would help”
“Anything would help”
“Anything would help”
“Lean into it”
“Lean into it”
“Lean into it”
“Rug man”
“Rug man”
“Rug man”
“Rug man”
“The long goodbye ”
“The long goodbye ”
“The long goodbye ”
“The long goodbye ”
“The long goodbye ”
“Owambe”
“Owambe ”
“Owambe ”
“Standing Cloud”
“Standing Cloud”
“Standing Cloud ”
“Toto”
“Toto”
“Toto”
“Enough already ”
“Enough already ”
“Enough already ”
“Hitting THE WALL”
“Hitting THE WALL”
“Hitting THE WALL”
“Hitting THE WALL”
“Hitting THE WALL”
“‘The Calling’”
“‘The Calling’”
“‘The Calling’”
“The Calling”
“Amazigh”
“Amazigh”
“Amazigh”
“Amazigh”
“Maiden in Mali”
“Maiden in Mali”
“Maiden in Mali”
“Maiden in Mali”
“Worth the fight”
“Worth the fight”
“Worth the fight”
“Worth the fight”
“Pedal to the metal”
“Pedal to the metal”
“Pedal to the metal”
“Pedal to the metal”
“Little Britches”
“Little Britches”
“Little Britches”
“Venice Carnival”
“Venice Carnival”
“Venice Carnival”
“The Joker”
“The Joker”
“The Joker”
“The Joker”
