Born in 1952 in Kentucky, Walters earned a MFA from East Carolina University and began working in Rock Hill in 1989. He moved to Charleston in 1995 and has been hard at work ever since. This critically acclaimed and successful artist’s sculptures (and works on paper) appeal across the board - his work is easy to relate to by all. His works look like metal, but aren’t nor are they realistic, yet, well, maybe they are. Using readily available materials such as wire, mesh, sometimes aluminum foil and a polymer clay, with glue sand and paint involved, Walters says, “Most of the things I work with I get at the Lowe’s or the hardware store,” Walters says. “My process has always been pretty eccentric. It’s also very flexible and forgiving.”

His intriguing animals and insects, at times separate, other times presented in a tableau or a large installation, are reminiscent of the past -- relics, abandoned objects, something forgotten or ignored. Walters’ works either appear to be rusted metal or are bluish, “ash gray, the pieces looking a bit like something frozen in time and place by a volcanic eruption,” as described by arts’ writer Jeffrey Day. Walters puts the creations together in site-specific installations that “metaphorically address issues involving human relationships with nature.” The artist creates organic forms that morph into abstractions that are often presented as unit constructed with spiral forms as the basis. The connection of the sculptures and their shadows indicate an interdependence that relates to that of all living things.