Wilfred Wood

People look funny. We all have the same basic facial features, but even then, it’s incredible how even just a slight size difference in someone’s honker can set them oceans apart from the next Joe Schmoe. Wilfred Wood noticed these curious anomalies, too. Part caricature, part figments of his imagination and part ideas gotten while working out, his sculpted interpretations of people, animals and creatures are his personal examination of the world’s individuals. Ordinary people on the street, contortionists, the obese "” the British artist doesn’t have a prejudice. Wood first sketches his idea before shaping each rotund character from polymer clay and then painting it. The final piece is amusing, bringing with it a dab of innocence we recognize as a winning childhood quality. With Wood’s work, you learn to appreciate all our differences, which leads me to believe that having a big nose isn’t so bad after all. OK, well, not so huge.