About
Jeremy a self-taught, life-long woodworker and artist who creates organic, abstract sculpture from select hardwoods. Currenlty based in Erie, Colorado, he has been designing and building things for as long as he can remember. For most of his life that creativity centered around furniture, but as his work started to take on more sculptural elements, mainly inspired by the craftsman Sam Maloof, he made the move to completely abandon the utility aspect and concentrate on the artform.
I strive to bring about works that are a mixture of movement, elegance, and complexity. Each piece has its own dimension, energy, and balance, but I also often like to include an element of confusion; not in a way that upsets the viewer, but instead pulls them in closer to investigate, and question, how the piece was created.
While mainly learning through doing, Jeremy did study furniture building at the Penland School of Crafts in 1992. He also learned a lot from watching his father, a very handy and now-retired actuary who did all the maintenance and work on their house when he was growing up. Thankfully, there was always scrap wood in the basement for him and his brother to mess around with.
Artist Statement
My work is about movement. Each piece has its own animation and flow, foregoing symbolism to express life captured in action. I work in wood because I am drawn to the depth, warmth, and soul characteristic of the material. By taking the familiar element of furniture and houses and shaping it in an abstract, novel, and dynamic way, I aim to challenge and rejuvenate the viewer's preconceptions of the medium.
ASPCA
Parkinson Voice Project
Foodbank of the Rockies
International Rescue Committee
Guide Dogs for the Blind
Alley Cat Rescue
If you have any questions, or would like to inquire about commissions, please feel free to contact me. You can also find me on Instagram posting photos of works in progress, along with some random family, Colorado, or Corvair photos.
Exhibitions
2026 - Solo Exhibition, Longmont, Colorado
2025 - Juried Sculpture in the Park, Loveland, Colorado
2025 - Juried into the Santa Fe Gallery Association's 2025 Artist Catalog
2024 - Juried Sculpture in the Park, Loveland, Colorado
2023 - Juried Sculpture in the Park, Loveland, Colorado
2023 - Movement, Another Gallery, Denver, Colorado
2023 - Juried Cheesman Park Art Festival, Denver, Colorado
2023 - Juried Golden Fine Arts Festival, Golden, Colorado
2022 - Juried Artsweek Golden Festival, Golden, Colorado
Press
Meet Jeremy Verne | Sculptor - Shoutout Colorado - April 30, 2025