Cricket Seagull

“Dave M”, by sculptor Cricket Seagull, is now well-entrenched in a complementary role to the Friday Night Live musicians in its pride of place, left of stage.  The steel trumpet player, positioned in the act of taking a solo, is crouched in an effort to express the deepest emotion available that can be transmitted to the instrument. The exhaust pipes give a dancing-like quality to the piece. Friday Night Live performers have enjoyed having “DaveM” join their bands for the evening.

As a musician himself, Cricket often uses musicians as a subject for his work. He went on to clarify, “there is a universal element in music. Everyone worldwide experiences music. I like recycling exhaust pipes; the shapes are intriguing to me. The curves are very expressive and suggest a lot of movement. Using exhaust pipes to create musicians gives them movements, and shapes, that are hard to achieve in real life. This allows the imagination to run wild. Some of my favorite experiences with exhibiting my work are when people try to imitate what the sculptures are doing”.

Cricket has been studying and practicing art and music all his life. He has always worked with his hands, and has become an accomplished welder. His pieces are owned or displayed in many places in Sonoma County and in the Bay Area, as well as the East coast.