We are here to assist you in finding art and home decor that reflects your taste. Our artists are carefully chosen to reflect the special feeling of place that is Western South Dakota. Art that is unique, genuine, and representative of the place we live. Art should touch your emotions, creating a personal connection. We strive to make buying, collecting and investing in art fun, educational and enriching.
John Lopez Hybrid Metal Art and Bronze Sculpture
After losing his Aunt Effie in a tragic car accident, he went home to the family ranch and helped design the family cemetery in which his aunt would be buried. After some experimentation, he finished a gate into the cemetery, and
then made a small angel peering over the top of the gate. The project
gave him much personal satisfaction, and everyone who saw it was amazed
at the result. A new career path was born in that cemetery.
He began to assemble wild life and ranch animals in the area from a multitude of objects found the ranch. Uncle Geno opened his home and welding shop to Lopez, who completed a
fence around the cemetery, then ran out of material. The ranch is 35
miles from the nearest town or post office, so he went looking through
the scrap iron on site.
Not
wanting to depart from his bronze casting expertise, John found a way to
merge the two art forms into a new hybrid sculpture of everyday objects
mixed with limited edition bronze castings. Hybrid Metal Art, a
sculptural fusion of figurative and funk, a blend of iron and bronze.
Old Blue John's most recent hybrid metal sculpture..life size male bison. The icon of the Plains and Black Hills of South Dakota. This piece has dozens of smaller bronzes incorporated into the amazing web of it's design, Mt. Rushmore, mountain lion head, and so much more. For price and other details please contact the Gallery directly.
Colt of Many Colors - This life-size painted scrap iron colt is a
one of a kind sculpture. Hybrid Metal Art is sculpture which is a fusion of figurative and funk, a
blend of iron and bronze...
