TALKING HEADS - Prescott Studio

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Sandy and Bobby Takiff White Sox Kimball City of Miami DONATIONS** 1999 The Buckaroo Ball Benefit for Children 1999 Aid and Comfort Ball of New Mexico 1998 Starlight Foundation 1998 Boys and Girls Club of Central California 1998 United Way of Central California 1997 Smokin’ the Bay Fundraiser, Monterey, CA 1997 Reach for the Rainbow Charity, Ontario, Canada 1997 Humane Society, Maui, HI 1997 United Way, Maui, HI 1996 Bill Shoemaker Foundation, Los Angeles, CA 1996 Terry Fox Annual Benefit for Cancer Research, Maui, HI 1996 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center-Monty Hall Diabetes Tennis Tournament, Los Angeles, CA 1996 All Children’s Hospital Foundation, Memorial, NJ 1996 God’s Love We Deliver, AIDS Benefit, New York, NY 1995 Kitchen Angels, Santa Fe, NM 1995 United Way, Santa Fe, NM 1994 Children’s Hospital, Denver, CO 1994 Buckaroo Ball Charity, Santa Fe, NM, Live Auction “Cowboys and Indians with Neon” 1994 Official Artist, Saint Vincent’s Hospital-Pediatrics and Obstetrics Fundraiser, Santa Fe, NM 1991 Children’s Hospital, Albuquerque, NM 1990 Children’s Hospital, Caracas, Venezuela 1990 Gerald Ford Amphitheater, Vail, CO 1990 Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles, CA FREDRICK PRESCOTT SCULPTURE 1989 American Embassy, Copenhagen, Denmark 1989 Celebrate Youth, Santa Fe, NM 1989 Dallas Museum of Art 1988 Save the Dolphins Fundraiser, San Diego, CA **partial list Fredrick Prescott Sculpture | 3040 Agua Fria Street | Santa Fe, NM 87507 | TEL 505-424-8449 | EMAIL PrescottStudio@Gmail.Com | www.PrescottStudio.Com | Page 6
MONUMENTAL KINETIC SCULPTURE SCULPTOR AT PLAY Life and art join to reveal a dynamic partnership in the work of Fredrick Prescott. The joy and animation seen in Prescott’s sculptures simultaneously evoke the natural world and it’s imaginary counterpart. As graphically bold and colorful as his pieces are, they always look perfectly at ease in a natural setting, though there is no denying their otherworldly quality. The dichotomy between the real and the imaginary in Prescott’s artwork lead to the creation of a captivating, multi-dimensional art form. Using the visual and emotional impact of brilliant color on moving steel, the artist produces sculptures reflecting his singularly fantastic perception of the world around him. His work is seen as a blend of folk art, pop art, and technically advanced construction. Fredrick Prescott’s childhood experiences foreshadow his innovative artistic style that centers on kinetic scenarios and landscapes. Born in Palo Alto in 1949, the oldest son of the chief inventor and owner of the Universal Coin Meter Company, Prescott began working with metal at the age of six. In a playground of band saws, punch presses and metal grinders, the he spent countless hours honing the skills he uses to transform metal into art by cutting, bending, and welding. By age twelve, Prescott was enrolled in a watercolor painting class where he immediately developed a passion for color. By both sculpting and painting his artwork, he began his career fascination for bold and colorful metal sculpture. Everything surrounding him in the world serves as a constant inspiration to Fredrick Prescott. The vibrant colors that find their way into his sculptures are drawn from the distinctively electric palette of the contemporary world. The artist’s pieces reflect his experiences, as he transforms them into the half-real, half-fantastic images that are a tangible example of the joy and humor he finds in all that he perceives. Whether depicting businessmen on Wall Street, surfers with their boards, outer space, pink Cadillacs and vintage automobiles, or the world of animals and nature, all vignettes are created from the joyful perspective of the artist. Those who find joy in Prescott’s work come from every walk of life. A vast audience, including sophisticated art collectors, museums and corporations, make Fredrick Prescott’s sculpture a part of their lives. Prescott attributes his appeal to the “primitive need people have to laugh and have fun. Many people do not experience these emotions in their daily existence.” Fredrick Prescott’s artwork is a reminder to FREDRICK PRESCOTT SCULPTURE everyone that daily life in itself is full of an infinite amount movement and color, and is the first place one might look for inspiration and enjoyment. Always striving to catch up to the hundreds of ideas constantly whirling inside his head, Prescott overwhelms himself in a frenzy of activity that encompasses every stage of his creative process. His life runs at the fevered pace of an artist who is constantly recreating himself. His artistic resources and boundless creative energy are stimulated by all that he hears, sees, touches, and learns. The breadth and ambition of his ideas promise to bring a constant audience for all of his future creations. MONUMENTAL LIGHT- HEARTED KINETIC WIND SCULPTURE Fred Prescott’s monumental sculptures are colorful and gigantic- always life-sized and sometimes larger. They invariably make a huge statement on the landscape they live upon. Welded contoured lines enhance the natural curves of the animal’s bodies, while giving each form a marvelously graphic impact. Ingeniously designed with sculptural methods that have been perfected over time, each animal is an individual. Through Fredrick Prescott Sculpture | 3040 Agua Fria Street | Santa Fe, NM 87507 | TEL 505-424-8449 | EMAIL PrescottStudio@Gmail.Com | www.PrescottStudio.Com | Page 7
Page 1 and 2: FREDRICK PRESCOTT SCULPTURE KINETIC
Page 3 and 4: FREDRICK PRESCOTT BIOGRAPHY Born Ma
Page 5: 2006 Exhibition, Coconut Grove, Mia
Page 9 and 10: BEARS FREDRICK PRESCOTT SCULPTURE P
Page 11 and 12: BULLS FREDRICK PRESCOTT SCULPTURE G
Page 13 and 14: COYOTES Dimensions: 4’ x 1’5”
Page 15 and 16: MAGIC DRAGONS FREDRICK PRESCOTT SCU
Page 17 and 18: FREE RANGE ELK FREDRICK PRESCOTT SC
Page 19 and 20: GATORS FREDRICK PRESCOTT SCULPTURE
Page 21 and 22: WILD HORSES FREDRICK PRESCOTT SCULP
Page 23 and 24: FREDRICK PRESCOTT SCULPTURE FREE RA
Page 25 and 26: PIGS FREDRICK PRESCOTT SCULPTURE La
Page 27 and 28: RHINOS FREDRICK PRESCOTT SCULPTURE
Page 29 and 30: SEAHORSE - MAGICAL FREDRICK PRESCOT
Page 31 and 32: TIGERS FREDRICK PRESCOTT SCULPTURE
Page 33 and 34: BOBBLE HEADS Bobble Heads Dimension
Page 35: CACTUS 4’5” Saguaro Cactus Dime

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