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Darrell is the son of
renowned painter
Darrell K. Sweet whose
art is sought after world-
wide. It is from here
that his son's roots in
the visual arts began.
As a child, constantly
immersed in the art by
both mother and father,
Darrell began to create
figures which he
created from clay he
dug from the stream
next to his childhood
home. "Most children
aren't exposed to the
Art world the way I was.
From an early age my
parents exposed me to
the Great Masters of
Europe as well as the
American Masters all to
often overlooked."
During his teens, rather
obscure images found
their way under Darrell's
hand with realism and
abstraction seemingly
interchanged like night
and day.
Darrell entered the
University of Wyoming
in 1992 where his focus
renowned painter
Darrell K. Sweet whose
art is sought after world-
wide. It is from here
that his son's roots in
the visual arts began.
As a child, constantly
immersed in the art by
both mother and father,
Darrell began to create
figures which he
created from clay he
dug from the stream
next to his childhood
home. "Most children
aren't exposed to the
Art world the way I was.
From an early age my
parents exposed me to
the Great Masters of
Europe as well as the
American Masters all to
often overlooked."
During his teens, rather
obscure images found
their way under Darrell's
hand with realism and
abstraction seemingly
interchanged like night
and day.
Darrell entered the
University of Wyoming
in 1992 where his focus
Drawing, Painting,
and Design classes he
found Sculpting and
never looked back. His
professor emeritus,
David Reif (MFA Yale)
soon began to
recognize Darrell's
talents and urged him to
pursue sculpting. They
spent hours of time
discussing the
philosophy of art which
lead to the abstraction
of Darrell's sculpting to
blossom. Several of his
sculptures ended up in
the possession of his
professors.
After Graduating with a
BA and departing from
solely abstract work,
Darrell spent the next 8
years sculpting Art
relating to the Old West.
Wildlife became an
important subject as
well. He also spent
those years working at
Caleco Foundry, Inc. In
Cody, Wyoming (where
he resides with his wife
Ricki) where he learned
the process of bronze
casting.
"It's been a great ride
so far." he says with a
grin, "I'm looking forward
to advancing my
Western and Wildlife
work with an unmatched
intensity."
and Design classes he
found Sculpting and
never looked back. His
professor emeritus,
David Reif (MFA Yale)
soon began to
recognize Darrell's
talents and urged him to
pursue sculpting. They
spent hours of time
discussing the
philosophy of art which
lead to the abstraction
of Darrell's sculpting to
blossom. Several of his
sculptures ended up in
the possession of his
professors.
After Graduating with a
BA and departing from
solely abstract work,
Darrell spent the next 8
years sculpting Art
relating to the Old West.
Wildlife became an
important subject as
well. He also spent
those years working at
Caleco Foundry, Inc. In
Cody, Wyoming (where
he resides with his wife
Ricki) where he learned
the process of bronze
casting.
"It's been a great ride
so far." he says with a
grin, "I'm looking forward
to advancing my
Western and Wildlife
work with an unmatched
intensity."
quickly fell upon Art. In
his Freshman year, one
of his paintings was
chosen to be shown at
the University of
Wyoming's Art Museum,
his Freshman year, one
of his paintings was
chosen to be shown at
the University of
Wyoming's Art Museum,
After many Life-
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