Last summer when we were in South Dakota to watch Audrey participate in the national tumbling competition we took a side trip to Hill City. While we were walking around the downtown area we came across these two sculptures.
A quick note. If you look closely at the hind quarter of the second sculpture you will note the plate that says Home Comfort. Readers may recall that Home Comfort ranges were made by the Wrought Iron Range Company of St. Louis, Missouri the employer of my great grandfather George Washington Oyler.
When we came across these sculptures I did not know the name of the artist or if there were more. I happened across an article which featured a picture of the first sculpture and information about the artist. His name is John Lopez. He is a 1990 graduate of Lemmon, South Dakota High School. Having said that I will show you some of his works.
So there you have some of the amazing works or John Lopez. His work with scrap iron is only one of his talents. Come back tomorrow for the rest of the story.
I really like that stuff. And the motion he infuses is phenomenal.
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