Vince Vozzo makes his sculptures laboriously and without aid in his own backyard, using large marble and sandstone blocks shipped in from quarries. Each sculpture begins as a series of sketches and is then realized using a combination of power tools and hand chisels in a slowly subtractive process. Vozzo believes that, “Once you see what’s inside the block, you have to get the material off it quickly, and you have the obsessive compulsion to finish it before you forget.” Vozzo’s most common subjects are female forms or spiritual heads made in a style that accentuates soft curves while minimally gesturing at the figure’s appendages or features. Michelangelo is a central influence for Vozzo, who paid tribute to the Renaissance master in a series of sculptures based on his David (1501-04).