80% complete he then starts assembling them. The individual elements are hung from a crane system in his studio allowing them to turn, twist, raise, and move. Once he is pleased with the direction of the components, they are marked, taken down, and cut into one another so they can be conjoined into a continuous piece. It is never exact to the sketch, the sketch becomes the general idea, the creation happens in the studio. Serenading the Clouds soars into the air at 19 feet and is 8 feet in width. It commands space and deals with the space around it with the strong, positive presence it displays. The brushed stainless steel finish catches the light in so many different ways. Robb’s Playing Ball is another large scale sculpture in Little Rock and is located at the roundabout on Rebsamen Park Road at Riverfront Drive.
is was the process in the creation of “Serenading the Clouds” A couple of months ago Kevin began creating a new major piece. After many sketches created with a 3D program, he settled on a four element sculpture. This is a very unique design for him as he has always shied away from sculptures with an even number of elements. An odd number of elements in a sculpture, or any other design project for that matter, has a natural dynamic, a natural force, and thus the majority of his works are three elements. Four elements take a special design to make it strong and not repetitive, bringing the dynamics of space into the design that doesn’t come naturally. Kevin, as an experienced sculptor, accomplishes this. One of Kevin’s greatest joys in life is being in the studio creating and this is where a new piece co
Sometimes we’re on the end of a threesome, the almost-third-wheel that’s a little bit more different than the other two. Always a little awkward but trying so hard, we never really fit into this lop-sided friendship, but instead find ourselves standing on the edge and peering in.
Or maybe we’re the connecting piece — the emotional translator in a friendship between two extreme personalities, the child between two divorced parents, the one that makes the other two make sense. We are the common denominator and we are good at pulling people together to show them their similarities, not their differences.
Take the Lingo sculptures –both made of stainless steel, 34 and 50 inches in height respectively. They feature two ribbons of solid steel surrounded and connected by other ribbons of steel with letters cut out of them. The letter ribbons playfully dance around them and create a world for just those two.
Because lingo, after all, are usually foreign words spoken by a specific group of people. It is something that is unique to one place or community, and even to one relationship. We all have words or phrases that mean something different with the ones that we love, our own special jargon that we wouldn’t share with anyone else.
touching the base. Two streams of waving steel connect with the middle piece on opposite ends. Though the sculpture could be interpreted as a shooting star with two tails, I think it shows the great explosion of light and creativity that occurs when two people or things join forces and use their energies toward the same goal, when one person gives way to another for the sake of a better union. Or, when an artist gives up his dream and instead listens to and works with his art, creating something greater than just the sheet of metal by itself or the idea in his head.
