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July 2000. Bronze, granite. Dimensions: 12 × 17 × 8 in (30 × 43 × 20 cm).
Private collection
Van Alstine is drawn to horns, antlers, and nautilus-like forms because nature has already endowed them with an extraordinary geometric logic—the arc, spiral, taper, and expanding curve. Cast in bronze, these organic structures become part of his constructed vocabulary, moving freely between natural form and human implement. Their long cultural associations also allow them to evoke classical mythology—from the cornucopia and Amalthea to broader ideas of strength, abundance, survival, and transformation—without becoming literal illustrations.
July 2000. Bronze, granite. Dimensions: 12 × 17 × 8 in (30 × 43 × 20 cm).
Private collection
Van Alstine is drawn to horns, antlers, and nautilus-like forms because nature has already endowed them with an extraordinary geometric logic—the arc, spiral, taper, and expanding curve. Cast in bronze, these organic structures become part of his constructed vocabulary, moving freely between natural form and human implement. Their long cultural associations also allow them to evoke classical mythology—from the cornucopia and Amalthea to broader ideas of strength, abundance, survival, and transformation—without becoming literal illustrations.
