Born in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1960, Dennis Carney first pursued a path in commercial art and design. A BFA in Advertising Art from the University of North Texas was followed by seven years as an art director. He then moved to Phoenix to pursue fine art, and has developed an expressive style inspired in large part by his study with master ceramicist Peter Voulkus.
Mr. Carney's work employs layering of texture and glazes with fragments of imagery that evoke history and antiquity. Images have a neoclassic, romantic quality; the underlying complex construction/deconstruction echoes the cycles of nature, growth and change.
His attunement to nature also leads Mr. Carney to spend time in the outdoors, whether hiking and skiing in the mountains or fishing or rafting on the rivers.
