Todd Warner Art at Barker Animation Art Gallery, Fine Arts & Sculptures

Looking for art that is by the artist Todd Warner? Visit The Barker Animation Art Gallery! We can help you select from bell, sculpture or wall plaque art. Would you like an example from "American West Series," "Animal Dinner Bells," "Baby's First Steps Series," "Camelot Series," "Desktop Professional Series," "Everyday People Series," "Fine Feathered Friends," "Fowl Play Series," "Frog Pond Fantasy Series," "Hatchlings," "Household Staff Series," "Individual "Unique" Animals Series," "Individual Animals Series," "Jazz Player Series," "Literary Classics Series," "Lovebird Series," "Paintball Series," "Pizzaz Series," "Poker Dog Series," "Sea Life Sculpture Series," "Sea Life Wall Series," "TLC Series," "Todd Warner 2008 Holiday Ornament Series," "Todd Warner Decorative Ceramic Plates," "What's up, Flock? Bird Series," "Who's Your Daddy," "Wild Kingdom Series" and "Would You Like a Lil Pizzaz In Your Life?"? We can help you! Our selection includes "alligator /crocodile," "bear," "bird," "boating," "butler," "camel," "cat ," "chicken," "Christmas ," "cow," "dentist ," "dog," "duck," "elephant," "Father's Day," "financial ," "fish," "fishing," "food," "frog," "gambling ," "giraffe," "golf," "gorilla /ape," "Happy Hour ," "Hebrew ," "hippopotamus," "horse," "legal," "lion," "medical," "moose," "Mother's Day," "mouse," "musician," "penguin," "pig," "rabbit / bunny / hare," "rhinoceros," "snake," "turtle," "Valentines Day," "western," "winter scene" and "zebra" themed art. We have art that features Comet, Donner, Santa Claus and Vixen (Santa's Reindeer).

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With warmth, humor, and sensitivity, sculptor Todd Warner has been creating his imaginarium of sophisticated whimsy for over 30 years. From life-size cowboys and Indians, to butlers and brahma, to bigger-than-life ostriches and armadillos, Warner's sophisticated whimsy adorns lobbies and living rooms, entryways and offices, zoos, museums, - even the Orlando International Airport and the New York Thruway.

Warner brings clay to life at his studio in Charlevoix, Michigan. A heartfelt smile from on-lookers and collectors is his measure of success. "There's an innate sense of humor in my work, but I'm not going for the belly laugh. I love to make people smile. I couldn't fight being humorous, if I had to. Hopefully, my sculptures are whimsical and sensitive; they have their own spirit."

Internationally known for his irresistible animal sculptures, Warner captures with vision and insight the essence of animals, Preserving not only the animals of nature, but also the nature of animals.

Above all, Warner seems to connect directly with the souls of animals, enabling him to recreate the llama who seems to beg for warm milk, the cow with loving eyes of a mother, or a quizzical orangutan.

Warner's love for animals was sparked in his childhood growing up in rural central Michigan. Spending most of his time in the woods, Warner made friends with the groundhog and owls. "I learned to walk quietly up to chipmunks and deer, or they would come close to me. There was a communication both ways. I don't believe animals operate purely on instinct. They have personalities: it's just whether you crack the code. It seems I can feel their souls and they mine."

A love for sketching drew Warner to study art over veterinary medicine at Central Michigan University. After a brief period teaching art, Warner realized that he was most attracted to the design and creation of his sculptures. Warner's decisive move to South Florida brought new inspiration - the sun, people and

wildlife. Warner's signature sculptures were born: Flattened, elongated figures with their varied personalities range from 12 inches to eight feet tall.

The sculptures are a tricky meshing of three different elements wedded structurally and visually to look like a single substance. The head is sculpted in clay; (the nostrils are always done first: Warner wants to make sure it can breathe.) the flat, shinny body is of birch cabinetry wood; the legs are of steel drilled into the body, and, for the free standing sculptures, into a fossilized coral base. Sculpted epoxy resin then covers it completely, unifying transitions. Finally, the painting pulls it all together and the fanciful creature is born.

In addition to his trademark animal sculptures, Warner is known for his not-so-every-day folk, bigger-than-life home installations, and public works. Warner creations live in the distinguished collections of the corporate headquarters of USA Today, McDonald's Corporation, the homes of Zsa Zsa Gabor, actress Kelly McGillis, Charles Gibson of "Good Morning America," and the public spaces of the Orlando International Airport and the New York Thruway, to name a few. The artist has had over 30 one-man shows and is represented by numerous prestigious national and international galleries.