Cardinal
July 31st, 2009
Entry “C”
CARDINAL
I found this rock two years ago and since have been looking at it. I made the feet last year and finally put the two together this spring when a bright read cardinal kept visiting me and singing his song. —Rick DeTroyer
Medium: Metal, found objects and field stone.
Weight: 300 lbs
Size: 43” long X 27” high X 20” wide
Purchase price: $1,200
Art on Loan price: $365 for one full year
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Garden Screen Door
July 31st, 2009
Entry “B”
GARDEN SCREEN DOOR
If you love the sound of the screen door slamming on your back porch’ you’ll love it out in your garden. I have combined the need for a garden gate and the eclectic look of metal doors to shine out in the sunlight. This door has a freestanding frame to support the free swing of the door. I was in the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum Show in 2008. —Rick DeTroyer
Medium: Metal doors, found objects
Weight: 125 lbs
Size: 7 ft tall X 3 ft wide X 23 in. deep
Purchase price: $ 1,600
Art on Loan price: $500 for one full year
Red Rockford Rooster
July 31st, 2009
Entry “A”
RED ROCKFORD ROOSTER
Growing up on a farm, I remember the story my father would tell about how chickens would swallow stones to help digest the feed they eat. This thought came back to me when I saw this fieldstone out at my studio. I’m sure there are better analogies with the circle of metal and the bright color red, but it was this thought I started with. —Rick DeTroyer
Medium: Found metal objects, fieldstone
Weight: 400 lbs
Size: 4 ft tall X 3 ft. wide X 22 in. deep
Purchase price: $1,200
Art on Loan price: $365 per year
Art on Loan Gallery
July 29th, 2009
A note from Rick DeTroyer: I have always been intrigued with making things. I love to see a thought in my mind and try to shape it into reality. After many years of teaching techniques to others, I feel I need to take what I feel and bring it to a form. My hands seem to know what to do when I cut, hammer and weld metal. I’m learning to let my heart over rule my conscience. I see resources being wasted; Details not recognized by people. I want to speak out but my mastery of the English language was left back in a religious elementary classroom. So I take this step forward to call attention to you to look at my experiences. I hope they convey a new light in your eyes.
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