Three angels highlight the sculpture show

I had been to see the exhibition at the Tucson Sculpture Park a few weeks ago. The theme this time seemed to be sculpture that moved. But they certainly did not move me so I didn’t bother to post anything about it. This last weekend, however, there was the festival connected to the show, where works of art–and many had motion–were available for sale. I’m going to post a selection of the work but overall the show this year simply cannot hold a candle to the previous Sculpture shows in Brandi Fenton Park which you can see here and here.

Two sculptors creating angels

There were three artists worth noting in my opinion. Two, John Benedict and Adam Homan, had sculptures that were permanently installed along an “Angels Path” through the park.

Benedict also was showing his work under one of the tents. He told me he had been earning his living as a sculptor for 30 years, but 5 years after he started he added welding to his skills and he never looked back. His welded pieces, center and right, are remarkable! Adam Homan’s sculpture, left, incorporates chrome and other metal parts into human-like figures. Here are works by these two sculptors. None of the three feature motion, except for the representation of wings.

A third artist, Andree Richmond, is a personal favorite who creates ceramic fantasy figures which turned out to be difficult to photograph. I am posting one image but it does not do her work justice. Her imagination is delightful and the works are of a scale that fit right into a residential environment.

Pima Community College in show for first time

One other important aspect of this show is that Pima Community College had a space where several young sculptors were able to show their works. The metal-work coyote at the top of this post is by a student artist at PCC. It had already sold. I didn’t get the artist’s name, but “Congratulations”! Good start to your career.

Now for some of the other art works included at the festival. Standing in the central square, both the blue dog “Fido” and the blue elephant “Baby”, by Frederick Prescott, were big bobble-heads. Each was priced at $24,000.