RobertRileySplitWoodSculpture

Robert Riley’s Split Wood Sculpture Story

When I was a young boy growing up in southern Ontario my mother often told me to get outside and find something to do. One time on my way out the back door I commandeered one of her paring knives off the kitchen counter. While sitting on the wooden back porch I cut into a stair tread and made my first carvings were the letters “R and R.” My mother

was right! Get outside and do something.

To me creating split wood sculpture is like being in a forest. Watching tall trees bend to the force of the wind as their branches block the sun and then let it back in. By not following trails I discover and learn something new with each step. That is why I let the wood

show me the way.