Abraham Mohler

sculptor         http://www.abrahammohler.com/

Abraham Mohler is a St. Louis area artist, local to the Shaw Neighborhood.  While growing up in Tombstone, Arizona, he became steeped in the painting tradition of his grandfather, R. Brownell McGrew.  He has had the opportunity to study at Arizona State University, Edinburgh College of Art in Scotland, the Marble Institute of Colorado, as well as receiving private instruction from Lillias Apland, the recognized student of R. Brownell McGrew.  It is through that influence of his grandfather that he began and completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in studio art from Arizona State University, specializing in sculpture.   Upon receiving the degree, he, and his wife and new daughter moved into the St. Louis region and the Shaw Neighborhood to launch his young career.

Abraham Mohler uses a classically trained traditional approach to the works he creates in stone, wood, paint, and charcoal.   Handling each medium with exacting technique he is able to show the intrinsic qualities of each and the demand for thoughtful execution.  The elegance of the stone, the rich grain pattern in the wood, the luster of the oils, and the patina in the charcoal give the viewer a sense of the attitude and sensitivities that the artist develops in working with these materials.  When this happens, the process of creating is opened up to the viewer as offering glimpses into the lifestyle and thought process that each work is created in.  In revealing the process, a state of mind is communicated and transferred from artist to audience, not just in a conceptual revelation, but with a shared experience of what it is like to see things the way the Artist sees things.  That is possibly all we can ever hope to do as artists.