Latest Fine Art

Ferrous Couture, Robert Koch

Ferrous Couture, Robert Koch’s 86” x 21” x 21” steel sculpture was inspired by organic movements found in nature. He has taken a material that is rigid, hard and lifeless and transformed it into a form that is soft and fluid. Read about the artist.

Allonge, Robert Koch
Location #1

Allonge, Robert Koch’s 8’ x 7” x 10” milled steel work replaces Koch’s Ferrous Couture, which was recently sold. Allonge was installed in the same location overlooking Laurel Pond. The sculpture was inspired by organic movements found in nature. Read about the artist.

Bloch, Babette
Location #2

Egrets is a stainless-steel rendition of birds at both rest and in motion, part of Bloch’s Reflecting Nature Series. It is an observation and celebration of the joyous lyricism of birds while at rest and moving. “I used laser-cutting technology and metal fabrication machinery, along with a hand-held grinder that I wield like a paintbrush to enhance form and the illusion of mass. ‘Egrets’ actively interacts with the landscape; the surface of the textured metal reflects the surrounding colors, changing with the play of daylight and dance of the clouds.” Read about the artist.

Robbers Roost, Jon Krawczyk
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Robber’s Roost, fabricated from polished steel and enamel paint, and measuring nine feet high, was created by Jon Krawczyk. He pushes the boundaries of his medium by transforming steel and bronze into a study of the human condition. He is lauded for his ability to turn metal into large scale biomorphic sculptures that can strike one as having their own ubiquitous presence. Read about the artist.

Dyad, Martha Walker

Dyad, a welded steel abstract plant sculpture, was created by artist Martha Walker. Her metal sculptures often express something deep and personal. Her large (6’10”) ‘Dyad’ is based on the scientific double helix and associated with romantic love. Her process of dripping liquid steel one drop at a time in order to build up massive forms allows for a unique combination of texture and line rarely seen in steel. Read about the artist.

Punch and Punch Line, Fitzhugh Karol
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Fitzhugh Karol creates abstract sculptures of wood and metal that evoke hills, valleys, steps, and portals—elements of real, imagined, and remembered landscapes. Whether monumental or intimate, each sculpture combines a playful vocabulary of geometric forms to draw and strengthen connections between people and the landscape. His large-scale outdoor sculptures both imitate and interrupt the landscape, and all his work suggests links between natural and man-made forms, inviting viewers to contemplate the ways in which humans impact the world around them. Read about the artist.

Friendship, Fitzhugh Karol
Location #3

Sandalphon, Harry Gordon
Location #4

Sandalphon, created in 2010 using black granite, is meant to become one with the environment which surrounds it. Using a crane to create his granite sculptures, Gordon believes that his work is not complete until it is viewed by the public. “It is as if they get their batteries charged with each person that sees them.” Read about the artist.

Tulipula, Babette Bloch
Location #5

Tulipula, a 78” x 53” x17” stainless steel piece featuring tulips, is cut from a single sheet of metal. It is installed at Sculpture Trail site number 5. “Babette Bloch’s masterful use of a grinder as a paintbrush makes the flowers strikingly three-dimentional,” said Scott Broadfoot, curator of A Sculpture Trail. “When seen in soft light with the sunken hollow of the riverbed behind it, the sculpture appears as if it’s glass or lucite. In the early afternoon when the sun suffuses it with warm light, TILIPULA reflects the vibrant colors of the foliage surrounding it.” Read about the artist.

Oxidized Pod, Robert Koch

Oxidized Pod, welded mild steel, was created by Robert Koch. His large (72”) welded work exemplifies his love of nature. Using rigid and lifeless materials, his work centers solely on steel sculpture inspired by organic movements found in nature. Each piece attempts to challenge the inherent behavior of the materials as if to capture aspects from nature such as the movements of a leaf in the wind, the swaying of reeds, or even the split second a seed begins to germinate. Read about the artist.

Gabriella, James Tyler
Location #6

Brickhead Gabriella is composed of 300 hand-carved ceramic bricks and is a personification of the Brazilian rainforests. Immense and immensely complex, the future history of mankind will be written in these leafy emerald worlds. Read about the artist.

Lorenz, Elaine
Location #7

Rejuvenation is a brilliantly white sculpture fashioned from fiber-reinforced cement and is now on view on Brook Road at Laurelwood Arboretum. It replaces Up and Away, a Lorenz sculpture at the same site that was recently sold.

“I revisited my earlier sculpture to recreate one that was more uplifted in spirit and in reality,” said Lorenz. “Rejuvenation has both the sense of power rising and the calmness of curving lines connecting the whole.” Read about the artist.

Lorenz, Elaine

Up and Away is a brilliantly white 74” x 33” x 14” work fashioned from fiber-reinforced cement. “In a world filled with disorder and clamor of people and machinery, I find refuge and balance by experiencing the power and beauty in the natural world,” said Lorenz. “The creation of Up and Away involved combining organic and geometric forms to produce a lively and upbeat sculpture. My sculptures balance mass and space, creating gradients of light, points of intersection or interior spaces.” Read about the artist.

Flight in Abstract, Bill Barrett
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Flight in Abstract has a sense of movement or dance of the abstract figures with the complex swirls and twists of intertwining bronze. This piece is a 51” by 45” by 21” fabricated bronze sculpture. Read about the artist.

Mingus II, Richard Heinrich
Location #8

Mingus II, welded steel sculpture, is a self portrait created by Brooklyn native Richard Heinrich. He listens to music as he works in his Tribeca studio, and the titles of his work often reflect the strong influences of Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk and others. Read about the artist.

Pi in the Sky III, Micajah Beinvenu
Location #9

Pi in the Sky III, fabricated from stainless steel and standing more than 17 feet high, was created by Micajah Bienvenu. His work combines technology with traditional, large scale design and fabrication to demonstrate the human experience. Read about the artist.

Morning Dialogue, Ulla Novina
Location #10

Morning Dialogue, an Italian marble sculpture measuring 19” x 14” x 14”, was created by Ulla Novina. Together the stone and Ulla tell a story. Stone is star stuff and of the ages. She feels a kinship with stone. This awareness is expressed as she tries to integrate the nature of the stone with her vision of the nature of things. When she is successful, self and stone are held in a shared embrace. Read about the artist.

In Awe of Light, Patricia Lavin & John Richie
Location #11

In Awe of Light is an immersive composition consisting of three constructions. The arrangement is organized to reveal a secret hidden in light. “Opening”, “Noon”, and “Closing” consist of several elements. Read about Patricia Lavin. Read about John Richie.

Ring Top Tower, Joel Perlman
Location #12

This is a special sculpture for the artist and remained in his personal collection for twenty years. About ten years ago Mr. Perlman decided to add the rings to the top as he had introduced circles to his work. He liked the result and sees this piece as a journey from hard edge to fluid motion.” Read about the artist.

Sail, Ken Hiratsuka
Location #13

Hiratsuka’s stone works are characterized by maze-like designs of infinite variation, always formed by one continuous line that never crosses itself. He often refers to his works as “fossils of movement.” They are both modern and ancient, a symbol of human communication through universal language on the surface of the earth as one huge rock. Read about the artist.

Squirt, Vivien Collens
Location #14

Squirt, is a colorful work made of powder-coated aluminum soars 10 feet in the air. The ‘Squirt’ series speaks to Collens’ interest in energy and architectural form, seeking to establish an organic relationship between the two and address human interventions in the landscape as explained by the artist. Read about the artist.

Magic in the Air, Jeffrey Breslow
Location #15

“This is a kinetic sculpture that was created to captivate the viewer’s attention with the subtle motion. The sculpture uses slight breezes of wind and the flexibility of thin steel rods to create movement of the eight small granite stones. The granite stones are in contrast to the 1,500 pound base boulder that is green serpentine that comes from a very small hidden quarry in the green mountain state of Vermont.” Read about the artist.

Brickhead Iyemoja, James Tyler

Iyemoja, from West Africa, is the protector of all women, governing childbirth, conception, love, and healing. Read about the artist. See artist interview.

See Lorraine Meyer’s videos and photos of all the sculpture installations.