Keith Trexler

I was drawn to sculpture late in life through serendipity. While exploring woods near Route 13, I stumbled upon sculptures carved in the natural rock formations and cliff walls of an abandoned quarry. That magical experience awakened a creative spark in my soul. I learned it was part of a wonderful sculpture park at Andres Institute of Art in Brookline and started volunteering – first as a host family for visiting sculptors and later serving on the board of directors to help organize their annual symposium.

Inspired by the amazing art of the symposium sculptors, I started carving small pieces using rejected chunks of granite from my own abandoned quarry. I found the work to be blissfully therapeutic - helping me cope with stress from my day job as an electrical engineer.

For a dozen years I carved granite sculptures and petroglyphs in my backyard on weekends using angle grinders with diamond blades, building up my own little sculpture park around the quarry and in my wife's gardens. When I retired from engineering in 2020, I built a carving pavilion behind my home and devoted more time to sculpture. In 2023, I started creating works available for purchase and to display at exhibitions in New England.

My work is primitive, often modeled on ancient cultures and neolithic carvings, evoking a time when stone idols had power to spark imagination and wonder.