BUTNER Location Murdoch Center, Parkview Cottage, Lobby Artist Paul Sires Biography Sires has received a North Carolina Arts Council Visual Arts Fellowship, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Crafts and an Arts and Science Council Emerging Artist grant. He has had numerous works commissioned for both private and public exhibition. He studied at the Cranbrook Academy of Art where he received his Master of Fine Arts degree. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Kent State University. Title, date Source, 1993 Artwork, media Wall relief, granite

Project Description A pink granite, wall-mounted, low relief carving is located in the lobby of Parkview Cottage. Residents of the center provided Sires with drawings to guide his own personal exploration into the process of creating the artwork. The final work consists of leaf forms, spirals and a wave pattern oriented around a central burst of intersecting lines. The artist feels these elements express the positive creative energy inherent in the process of growth and development. Pre-selection panel Cary Esser, artist: Lana Henderson, associate dean, College of Arts and Sciences, NCCU; Lorraine Laslett, art specialist; Ronnie Elliott, director of Business Services, Murdoch Center; Steven Schuster, Clearscapes Architecture.