90" Hand Painted Metal Acrylic Sculpture Cowboy Wild West Western Art

Artist: Frederick Prescott
Title: Wild West
Medium: Metal hand painted Sculpture
Size: 90" x 26" x 15"
Signed: Signed and dated by the artist
Year: 1989

Fredrick Prescott’s childhood experiences have influenced the kinetic animals and landscapes that have become his artistic trademark. 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, 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.

Since 1974, Prescott has exhibited his work all over the world and created special pieces on commission for both private and corporate collectors, including Walt Disney Co., Porsche, and the Chicago Bulls, among others. Prescott’s larger-than-life sculptures have frequently been installed in public parks and venues where people of all ages and backgrounds can enjoy them.

Commissions:

1991    “Looney Tunes” commissioned by Warner Brothers Studio stores.

1994   Chosen as licensed Disney artist for Disneyana Convention, Disneyworld, Orlando, FL. Live auction of original sculpture “Magic Castle”.

1989 Permanent installation in the American Embassy in Sweden.

2006 Exhibition, Coconut Grove, Miami, FL

Collectors:

Michael Jordan

Oprah Winfrey

Wendelin Wiedeking, CEO, Porsche

Awards:

St. James Art Show   1st Place 2007

Coconut Grove Arts Festival, Best in Show Sculpture 2013

Charitable Donations:

1999   The Buckaroo Ball Benefit for Children, Santa Fe, NM

2015   The Exceptional Children’s Foundation, Culver City, CA; Dick Gary Collection

2015   Naples Zoo, Naples, FL

SELECTED PERMANENT MUSEUM / EMBASSY COLLECTIONS

Alliance for the Arts,
Fort Myers,
FL Children’s Museum of the Treasure Coast,
Stuart,
FL Tacoma Children’s Museum,
Tacoma,
WA Marietta Museum of Art & Whimsy,
Sarasota, FL Gene Autry Museum,

Los Angeles, CA Museum of Modern Art, NYC, NY Queen’s Museum,

Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, NY American Embassy of Sweden American Embassy of Thailand American Embassy of Copenhagen, Denmark Dallas Museum of Art,

Dallas, TX   &  Jesuit Dallas Museum, Dallas,

TX Neutrogena Corporate Collection, Laguna Art Museum,

Laguna Beach, CA Jule Collins Smith Museum of Art,

Auburn,

ALL SELECTED FINE ART SHOW AWARDS

Coconut Grove Arts Festival    Best in Show Sculpture 2013

Kimball Arts Festival   Best in Show Sculpture 2009 / 2010 / 2011

Art Prize  Top Ten 2010

Barrington Art Festival   Merit Award 2010

Chicago Gold Coast Art Fair  Best of Show 2007

Los Altos Rotary Fine Art Show    Mayors Award 2007

Naples Nat’l Art Festival at the von Liebig Art Center   Best of Show 2007

St. James Art Show   1st Place 2007

Port Clinton Art Festival    Best of 3D  2005 / 2007

&  Steven L Amdur Memorial Award, 2005 / 2013