Rufus Snoddy spent his formative art production years in Los Angeles, California. While an adolescent, his family moved there from rural East Texas. Watching Los Angeles go from street cars and Hollywood bungalows to freeways and gated communities, gave impetus to his sensitivity to change and perception of place. Growing up in the inner city, where there were often over a hundred languages spoken in a given high school, lent an awareness and keen interest in texture.
Snoddy's work reflects a concert of approaches, materials, and dichotomy, striving for seamless shifting from one to the other. "It is sculpture....it's painting....it is both." More accurately he calls his work Construction Paintings.
With a graduate degree focusing on sculpture, Snoddy has spent many years pursuing the act of collecting sundry materials, construction and painting methods. These things, all for the passion of giving order to chaos in enticing ways.
While in Los Angeles he served on the board of FAR (Foundation for Art Research) in L.A., an executive member of L.A. Artcore, worked with Angel's Gate, a non-profit arts organization in San Pedro, California and was one of ten artists selected for the CETA Arts In Public Places program, working with Brockman Gallery. Rufus moved to Northern Michigan in 2002. He taught Studio Arts and Design for ten years at Northwestern Michigan College, in Traverse City.
"I have traveled and exhibited in various places in the world. I find that wherever I go there is a common visual language, some more visually literate than others. Visual art continues to be a reflection of man, his activities and environment, much like the cave paintings of thousands of years ago. I see myself as just another messenger, hopefully, with an innovative perspective."
Rufus resides and works in Traverse City, Michigan. He continues to exhibit throughout the United States and other countries.
