Everlasting Garden
About the Sculptor
- As a longtime resident of Delano, MN, I’ve spent most of my “off time” in the garden and also going thrifting. Soon after retiring, I realized that my love for both could turn into a colorful new way keep me busy. Suddenly I found myself scouring shelves for old metalware, oddly shaped pans and trinkets, and teaching myself new skills like drill work, painting, sanding and welding. I’ve never considered myself to be an artist, but all of a sudden there I was…standing in paint-splattered clothes, holding my first creation of recycled garden art.
- To describe my artwork can be put simply: flowers that never die. Each piece is entirely unique. Layers of metal kitchenware, farm accessories, and other useful oddities are carefully hand-chosen, painted and secured together to create one-of-a-kind works of art reminiscing of flowers that can be tailored to anybody’s personal taste.
- I’ve learned to never pass up a thrifted item that catches a good second glance, and I live by the quote “Nothing haunts you more than the junk you didn’t buy.” Everything can be used somewhere and somehow; you just need the imagination and creativity to figure it out.
Sculpture Statement
- A spiraling carousel of a metallic flower garden, representing the sustainability that our hometown of Delano has carried through history and the renewing of resources that has helped in that objective. My intent is to help beautify this town by bringing what is old back to life again, while using materials that speak generations of local farming, garden and homestead history for themselves. Because not only is Delano a place to grow, but it is a place to shine and to be more than what you thought you could be.
- Dimensions: 48"x48"x72"
- Weight: Appx. 250lbs (assembled)
- Materials: Wagon wheel from side rake (vintage farm machinery), metal poles/hardware, Assortment of vintage and not-so-vintage cookware/bakeware/kitchenware, spray paint
This Permanent Installation in the Delano Sculpture Park is possible through the efforts and grants from: