Born: Houston, Texas 1947

Education:  B.S., M. Ed. Sam Houston State Univ.

 

Since 1988, Solomon has lived on his historic 1856 ranch in the Texas Hill Country with his wife and creative inspiration, Beverly.  Before acting as pablo's business manager and muse, Beverly worked as a model and then in sales and marketing for Diane von Furstenberg, Revlon and Ralph Lauren. Pablo's art has led to such adventures as having a bit part in a Latin soap opera and being a founding teacher at the Houston Contemporary Dance theatre. Solomon has traveled and studied extensively. He speaks five languages and is a master of the Zen Arts.

 

Artist Statement

 

Stones have spirits. If you listen they tell you what wonders they have seen, what lessons they have learned. The stone has waited countless centuries to show the world the beauty hidden within. Like a surfer riding a wave, I never fight the stone. I allow the flow of the stone to guide me. I never remove any more material than the stone wants me to.

 

Form and function are Nature's greatest relationships. They transcend time and survive evolution. That beauty is the result of proportion is both visually obvious and mathematically calculable. Nowhere are form, function and proportion more beautifully exhibited than in the human form.

 

It is said that Beauty is Truth. Truth is usually simple when we understand it. To get to the Truth in life often requires removing layers of fear, igorance, hatred, etc. Working in stone is an analogy for finding Truth in life. We remove until we reveal.

 

Solomon's statement is featured in the Prologue of the book "Virtual Pose 3" (c) by Mario Henri Chakkour