Artist: LC Studio Tutto

Material: Painted Mural

Location: California Underpass

"The Memory of a Tree" is a captivating mural by artists Sofia Lacin and Hennessy Christophel of Studio LC, installed in Yountville. This large-scale artwork beautifully blends nature and abstraction, depicting the ethereal essence of a towering tree through intricate layers of color, texture, and movement. Inspired by Yountville’s lush landscape, the mural symbolizes resilience, growth, and the passage of time, evoking the deep-rooted connection between the environment and the community. Its dynamic brushstrokes and organic forms invite viewers to reflect on nature’s enduring presence and the memories it holds.

Artist: Gilberto Romero

Material: Bronze

Location: Corner of Washington and California

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Seranade II is a sculpture by artist Gilberto Romero. He is a hands on sculptor.Through his shape, line and color we experience freedom, flow with pure and playful wonderment. Romero completed all his creations in his Santa Fe studio. His patinas are engaging and varied, ranging from monochromatic to mottled with intricate patterns unfolding.

An avid outdoorsman, Romero finds much of his inspiration from his time in nature. "I see shapes everywhere", he shares. His patient and intuitive nature helps him listen as nature "speaks" with the possibility of becoming part of a future piece.

The following poem was inspired by this sculpture.

“Awe” By Francine Kohn  

Changing with the time of day

by light & shade

Spiral captures beautiful 

shapes within & without. 

Wonder of life

in its innumerable of forms.

“Awe!”

Artist: Robert Eccleston

Material: Steel and Marble

Location: Veterans Park

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Sculptor Robert Eccleston, a former Army captain, unveiled "Faces of Freedom" on Veterans Day, 2018. The granite memorial, with metal "dog tags", honors the five branches of the military and leaves a reflective tag for viewers to picture themselves. It resides appropriately in Yountville's Veterans Park.

Artist: Hilde DeBruyne

Material: Powder Coated Steel

Location: Bridge at end of Villagio Vineyard

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Hilde DeBruyne is a Belgian-American artist living in Des Moines, Iowa. She is a sculptor and designer in clay, metal, and bronze.  

Her artwork in metal is contemporary in style, often abstracted and organic in nature. She uses mild steel, corten steel, or aluminum and usually enriches the work with the use of bold, attractive colors. Overall her artwork has an energetic,  warm, and welcoming feel to it. 

"Circle of Trust" is a contemporary metal sculpture. It grew out of the artist's love for the geometrical shape of the circle. Circles can be found throughout nature and history in different cultures and religions.(Mandala's, Stonehenge, Islam,  Christianity..) 

"Circle of Trust" is not a perfect circle. 

Once a circle is broken, it is hard to rebuild it: Circle of Trust.

This sculpture is for sale for $22,000.

Artist: Richard Starks

Material: Core-ten Steel

Location: Washington St at Villagio Vin.

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From Mr. Stark’s artist’s statement:

“For more than 50 years, working metal into imagined shapes has been my fascination.  All the sounds, the sparks, the flames, and the smells of metalworking were my inspiration to get started.  Watching the molten puddle while I form a new weld is a hypnotic experience for me.  A flame or arc around five or ten thousand degrees can’t help but grab your attention. All my work is TIG (Tungsten Inert Gas) welded because of its quality and strength – it’s the best. Many artists teach themselves how to weld; I learned by taking many classes in high school and college.  I’ve also worked as a welder and metal fabricator for many years.  All these experiences have heightened my ability to shape and weld the forms I imagine.”

Love Wine Too is for sale for $19,500.

For Love Wine Too

In the swirling vessel of ruby red, love and wine entwine, their spirits moving in the intoxicating harmony of a long embrace. Each sip ignites the soul with loving synergy.  Fine love like fine wine must be aged to perfection, hearts pouring forth, steeped in devotion. Love and wine, an eternal toast to the heart's deepest desires.

Robert Leighton

Artist: Ray Katz

Material: Powder Coated Steel

Location: Center of VIllagio Vineyard

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Michigan artist Ray Katz sculptures are abstract. The abstract manipulation of form in space, to create visual balance using rhythm, action and movement, combine to create compositions that convey the implied energy found in his work. Striving for visual balance, and the implied energy of a compositional organization become an evolutionary process that he associates with the evolution of life experiences that we all commonly share. The process of change that occurs in all living things and especially human beings, fascinate Ray. The observation of these concepts in his personal evolution contributes to the visual aspects of his sculpture. 

 Ray's creative process requires organizing separate parts into a whole. Initially, much of this activity is spontaneous, both in large and small-scale work. The elements are all fabricated individually then assembled by welding and bolting. 

As Ray states, "I have successfully installed large-scale sculpture temporarily and permanently. I believe that Public Art transforms the way people look at visual phenomena in their environment. Whatever its form, Public Art attracts attention and affects peoples attitude toward their surroundings and often stimulates an exchange of ideas that can be enriching emotionally, intellectually and aesthetically".

This sculpture is for sale for $30,000.

A poem inspired by this sculpture:

Combustion of Color

Hephaestus ancient god of metalworking

hurls down old Detroit car parts

combusting through Napa heaven

to land metal motion frozen

thin poles yellowblack

giant pick up sticks

point to cloud stretched sky

redblue strands explode

trapped twisted

jumbled in a metal frame

surrounded by

forest woodland

peeking through geometric spaces

silent explosion beside vineyards on

ancient grounds of Wappo lands

By Joan Goodreau

Artist: Rickard Starks

Material: Core-ten Steel

Location: North End of Vilagio Vineyard

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Richard Starks is the artist that created Ringer.

This quote is from his statement:

 "Ringer is an abstract sculpture.  Its design and form are a result of some sketches done over time in my sketchbook.  The material selected for this sculpture is know as Cor-ten steel.  This name is an abbreviation of Corrosion Resistant steel.  The sculpture is hand formed from 12 gauge sheet metal, welded, and finished by the artist himself without any outside help.  The sculpture surface is a natural rust which has aged over time.  A heavy base plate is provided for securing to a concrete pad."

Richards' more than 30 years of teaching metalworking to high school students has given him a lot of inspiration.

This sculpture is available for purchase for $27,500.

Artist: Ted Schaal

Material: Bronze

Location: South Planter at Plaza Quercia

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Ted Schaal graduated from CSU in 1992 with a BFA and has worked and lived in  Loveland for 20 years. He has public commissions in St. Louis, MO, Cerritos, CA,  Boothbay, ME and Little Rock, AR. Collectors from Spain to Japan have found his work  on the Internet and on display at over 60 exhibitions. His limited edition and  one-of-a-kind bronze/stainless steel sculptures have won 14 awards and he has been  featured in the book Sculptors of the Rockies, The Vail Valley Magazine, Southwest  Art Magazine and the Loveland Reporter Herald. He continues to focus on public/private commissions, gallery representation and juried exhibitions.

Dropsy is for sale for $20,000.

Artist: Richard Starks

Material: Core-ten Steel

Location: North Planter at Plaza Quercia

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 For over 40 years artist Richard Starks has been working metal into imagined shapes. According to the artist’s statement:

“This sculpture is my version of a wedge of Swiss cheese and a knife embedded in the  top of the wedge. Fabricated from flat sheets of various steels into the desired  forms and then welded together, sanded, polished, painted, and natural rust to provide  the desired form and appearance.”

This piece is for sale for $18,000.

Artist: Lorenzo Mills

Material: Bronze Resin

Location: Washington St.

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Napa Artist, Lorenzo Mills created "The Chef" to honor the talent and creativity of all of our chefs in Yountville. It was purchased by the Yountville Arts Commission to celebrate the town's 50th anniversary.

Artist: Joshuan Pass

Material: Bronze, Stainless

Location: In front of JCB

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From Joshua Pass’ artist’s statement.

Vows captures the union between two people. Two vertical stainless steel forms represent a relationship between a couple. A strong straight lined form that stands tall and proud with masculine energy and a softer curvilinear form representing the female energy stand side by side. Between the forms, vows are engraved on a swirling ball of bronze; quotes and song lyrics are all speaking to the bond and energy that keep these two people together.

This piece also celebrates the union that my new wife and I started this year with our marriage early the summer of 2022.

Vows is for sale for $23,500.

Artist: Bruce Gueswel

Material: Stainless St.

Location: In front of Railway Inn

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"Sarvanga" is a life-size female figure representing a Yoga shoulder stand posture. She is stylized into a low-poly representation of triangles and polygons. This is a technique that I call metal origami. 

Once I finish the design, I figure out how to unfold it into a flat pattern and then  have it cut out with CNC laser cutting robots. 

Then I can fold it up and weld it together where the tabs come together. This is one of several yoga inspired sculptures I have done, but this is the only one  that I have done in stainless steel. 

The yoga postures seem to turn the human figure into something more architectural, and  the low poly style enhances that too. 

Yoga has become a meaningful practice in my life, for strength, flexibility, balance  and overall health.

From artist Bruce Gueswel. Available for $19,000.

Artist: Rich Botto

Material: Rocks

Location: Corner of Washington St and Mulberry

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Discover the magical glen of the "Rock Mushrooms", created by Piedmont, California sculptor Richard Botto. The rocks come from the Tahoe area, and his creative use of materials come from his time as a kid, that was spent in the family's metal fabrication shop. The artist has donated this Rock Mushroom Garden to the Town.

Rock Mushrooms is for sale for $35,000.

The following is a poem inspired by this sculpture:

Mushroom Village

Propped tall motionless statures

perfectly balanced tilted hats

patiently waiting for cover of darkness

to loosen stone veneer

brew magical life of laughter

shifting dance positions and interactions

until sunlight hardens external surface

solid unmovable

awaiting moonlight shadows

again freeing inner music and joy

By Geoffrey Leigh

Artist: Jack Chandler

Material: Steel

Location: Community Center Plaza

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Jack Chandler was one of the most accomplished landscape architects in the United States. He also enjoyed success as a sculptor. He used found objects and welded them to produce a large collection of works.

The Library series was inspired after Chandler moved his offices and saw empty bookshelves. He decided to make his own books.  Chandler said in an interview, “I liked the way it looked, so I decided to sculpt the whole thing, bookshelves and all. That was the beginning of the ‘Library Series’. And of course, I had a lot of fun thinking up names like, ‘Partially red books’”.

Law Library was donated to the Yountville Friends of the Library by Mr. Chandler's estate.

For Law Library:

Scales are unruly

Those dusty tomes of parchment

Execute justice

By Jonathan Watson

Artist: J. Seward Johnson

Material: Painted Bronze

Location: Community Center

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Seward Johnson is one of America's most beloved sculptors, and he recreates life in our times, in vivid, realistic, and interactive sculptures that can be found around the world.  His sense of humor, and his affection for people, is evident in all of his works.  This sculpture has been recently purchased by the Arts Commission to reside permanently in the Town of Yountville. The life-like "Sidewalk Judge" is currently our most Instagrammed piece on the Art Walk.

Here is a poem inspired by this sculpture:

Sidewalk Judge

Marianne Lyon

A lone man sits on a park bench. Watches oak tree bravado the morning.

Bluebirds’ ballerina across the cloudless sky. Strollers’ conversings rhythm the air.

He bids me sit next to him. Allow the sun to paradise my thoughts. Where is his cell phone?

Artist: Yenny Cocq

Material: Bronze

Location: Community Center Plaza

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Yenny Cocq is a life-long artist. Exhibiting a natural inclination toward the arts  at an early age, she created her first painting at 6 and sold her first piece at 15.  While her dedication and talent were evident early on, she credits the breadth of  her artistic abilities to her primary education in Germany. Yenny’s high school art  classes were taught by passionate and devoted teachers with doctorates in the arts  who recognized and encouraged her talents. Following her completion of an MBA, she  returned to the arts with a renewed commitment and skill set that has sustained a  successful career as a print-maker, painter and now a sculpture artist. 

Yenny’s work is featured in galleries throughout the United States and Europe (for  full list see here). From 2004 to 2011, she co-owned a working studio and gallery in  Copenhagen, where she taught printmaking, lithography and acrylic painting. She has  also taught from her own gallery and studio in New Mexico, as well as in  Denmark/Scandanavia through the Golden Acrylics Working Artists Program. Her work  has been featured in various juried art shows throughout the US and Europe,  including ...., Art San Diego with Alexander Salazar Fine Art, and Sculpture in the  Park in Loveland, CO. One of her large sculptures is currently on permanent display  in the Benson Sculpture garden in Loveland.

The sculpture is for sale for $45,000.

For The Two of Us:

Observing the World from our privileged perch, we see the wandering masses experience blissful respite. There is no stress, no duress, only the flowing fabric of her spring dress, and the pride of him walking by her side. An enduring couple holding hands, a child's amazement of sculptural surprise. These scenes only seen through our fortunate eyes.

Robert Leighton

Artist: Ray Katz

Material: Powder Coated Steel

Location: Corner Washington x Yount St

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Michigan artist Ray Katz sculptures are abstract. The abstract manipulation of form in space, to create visual balance using rhythm, action and movement, combine to create compositions that convey the implied energy found in his work. Striving for visual balance, and the implied energy of a compositional organization become an evolutionary process that he associates with the evolution of life experiences that we all commonly share. The process of change that occurs in all living things and especially human beings, fascinate Ray. The observation of these concepts in his  personal evolution contributes to the visual aspects of his sculpture. 

 Ray's creative process requires organizing separate parts into a whole. Initially much of this activity is spontaneous, both in large and small scale work. The elements are all fabricated individually then assembled by welding and bolting. 

As Ray states, "I have successfully installed large scale sculpture temporarily and permanently. I believe that Public Art transforms the way people look at visual phenomena in their environment. Whatever its form, Public Art attracts attention and effects peoples attitude toward their surroundings and often stimulates an exchange of ideas that can be enriching emotionally, intellectually and aesthetically".

This sculpture is available for purchase for $25,000.

A poem inspired by this sculpture:

Me For You

I am myself

Yet I share it

                        With you.

Only you see

        The way I stretch and twist

To fit

Passions and inhibitions collected

Among years

                        Of growing into myself.

Myself is one not often shared.

In seeing me

                         I see you.

Your spoken spirit I protect

              Even in your absence-

    I await,

           expand,

                but never expect.

By Colette Saint Aubin

Artist: Jedd Novatt

Material: Bronze

Location: Bardessono Park

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Created by internationally recognized artist Jedd Novatt, "Chaos Pamplona" weighs over three tons. This sculpture was shipped as a single piece, from the artist's studio in Spain, to it's permanent home here in Yountville.  "Chaos Pamplona" was a generous gift to Yountville from Mary Spencer, in memory of her late husband.  The Napa Valley was a special place they loved to visit together.

For Chaos Pamplona:

Birthed in a Spanish studio

by its creator Jedd Novatt

Chaos traveled the seas

like conquistadors of old

arriving at Port of Oakland

ready to march north

where it could gaze on vineyards

set on a pedestal by two cranes

Chaos watched over Yountville

even as fires encircled

from east & west

anything but anarchic

Chaos conveys a sense of calm.

By Jim McDonald

Artist: Elizabeth Laul-Healy

Material: Various

Location: North Corner Washington x Yount St

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Elizabeth Laul Healey is a self-taught artist from Laguna Beach, California, who has dedicated the last 25 years to her craft. Her journey as an artist was shaped by childhood struggles with dyslexia and low self-esteem. However, the unwavering support of her cross-country coach inspired her to explore the self-help industry, leading her to work briefly with Tony Robbins in her early 20s. This experience fueled her belief in the power of positive thinking, a theme that resonates throughout her artwork.

A lifelong animal lover, Elizabeth has created over 300 life-sized dog sculptures. During the global pandemic, she felt a deep desire to amplify her message of positivity. This is beautifully captured in her sculpture "Rocky," which bears the powerful phrase "Never Give Up" on his chest. The circles in her work represent her "Circle of Life" series, a poignant reflection born from the simultaneous challenges of her mother’s battle with breast cancer and the birth of her daughter.

Her art has gained recognition across the United States, showcased in galleries and art fairs from California to Texas, Wisconsin, the Carolinas, Florida, New York, and even Los Cabos, Mexico. Elizabeth's pieces have found homes with collectors, including institutions like 20th Century Fox and members of major museum boards, solidifying her impact in the art world.

Rocky is for sale for $96,000.

Artist: Dale Reiger

Material: Glass

Location: Washington St. in front of Petit Logis

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Whidbey Island artist Dale Reiger, has traveled the world and worked in many different fields and materials, but is kiln fused glass pieces are what he is known for today. Glass had the right combination of hands-on technique, artistic design, form and vision.  That, and the pure allure of glass as a material, captivated him. 

Dale describes his style as both primitive and elegant. He uses elementary shapes which translate into symbols.   These symbols help to create a highly personalized iconography drawing on Dale’s artistic, spiritual, and international background.  Dale uses color, including iridized and dichromatic glass, as a language. 

 Most of Dale’s cast glass is multi-layered, and kiln fired, up to four times and sometimes spending two weeks in the kiln.  Adding multiple layers gives the glass more depth and mystique. This sculpture is made from iridized cast glass plates formed in kilns up to 7' long. The glass, fired 2 or more times, is embedded with murrini, dichroic and colored glass and glued to a steel structure. The house on top is bolted to the main frame. A multi colored LED light, directed by a remote control, shines inside for unique night viewing.

All of his sculptures can be lit from inside, creating stunning evening visuals.

This sculpture is available for purchase for $7250.

Artist: Gilberto Romero

Material: Bronze

Location: Corner of Yount and Finnel

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Windswept is a sculpture by artist Gilberto Romero. He is a hands on sculptor. Through his shape, line and color we experience freedom, flow with pure and playful wonderment. Romero completed all his creations in his Santa Fe studio. His patinas are engaging and varied, ranging from monochromatic to mottled with intricate patterns unfolding.

An avid outdoorsman, Romero finds much of his inspiration from his time in nature. "I see shapes everywhere", he shares. His patient and intuitive nature helps him listen as nature "speaks" with the possibility of becoming part of a future piece. 

Artist: Ivan McClean

Material: Powder Coated Steel

Location: 6550 Yount Street

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Sculptor Ivan McLean, developed a love for art and building things, at a young age. During high school, he picked up welding while working on ranches near the family home in Point Reyes Station, California.  He lived and traveled throughout the world, from the Philippines, to Australia.  Ivan McLean works with a variety of materials and styles.  He creates commissioned installation pieces of any size, for both public and private spaces.

Yellow Sphere is available for purchase for $18,000.

Artist: James Moore

Material: Steel

Location: Washington x Humboldt

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In the words of artist James Moore, “‘Muse with Attitude’is from my Muse series. The sculpture represents the powerful feminine energy that influences my creative process. That process is a subtle dance between projecting my intention and allowing myself to be guided through a space filled with uncertainty.

'Muse With Attitude' embodies the experience of occupying that space of uncertainty without fear.”

The work measures 8'x3'x3'(ft) and was fabricated from welded structural aluminum with an automotive paint finish.

This piece is for sale for $18,000.

A poem inspired by this sculpture:

Hi! 

People call me square

People call me Blockhead

But I’m not square

I’m actually very cool

I consist of the building blocks of life

I like to dance

Won’t you come to my block party?

By Dominic Triglia

Artist: Richard Starks

Material: Powder Coated Steel

Location: Van de Leur Park

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STACKED is a sculpture by Richard Starks, which consists of a series on welded metal(steel)cubes of  different sizes. The cubes are arranged(welded)in a random order giving the  impression that, due to an earthquake, their positions are frozen in time. The entire  sculpture, including the base plate is powder coated. 

 From the artist's statement, "For more than 50 years, working metal into imagined shapes has been my fascination. All the sounds, the sparks, the flames, and the smells of metalworking were my inspiration to get started. Watching the molten puddle while I form a new weld is a hypnotic experience for me. A flame or arc around five or ten thousand degrees can’t help but grab your attention." Stacked is available for purchase for $8,500.

A poem inspired by this sculpture:

The Fallen 

An illusion of becoming a fallen angel

Origin of Alpha was not seen by outsiders

Limitations a match of Babel coated in blood

Controlled by the creator of balance 

Caught the eye of organization in hysteria

Stacked by its own brethren but neither wanted to xerox 

By Bailey Huss

Artist: Peter Hazel

Material: Steel and Glass

Location: Van de Leur Park

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Peter fell in love with the wonders of the sea and nature growing up in the picturesque community of Half Moon Bay, California. As a child, he attended art shows with his father, Richard Hazel, a well-known oil painter. After leaving Half Moon Bay, Peter lived and raised a family in North Lake Tahoe where he had a career as a tile contractor for 35 years. While visiting Barcelona in 2008 and viewing Antoni Gaudi’s intricate and elaborate architecture he was inspired to begin creations of his own and would eventually pass on his tile business to his son Jimmy.

Peter’s collection invites you to interact and admire the beauty of modern art and sculpting using ceramics, colorful glass, steel, and carpentry. He is famous for his massive jellyfish, crocodile, and octopus installed over the years at Burning Man events in the Black Rock Desert of Northern Nevada.  

Dancing Butterflies is for sale for $14,000.

A poem inspired by this sculpture:

Re-cocooned

Perhaps I am dancing

Happily

Perhaps my being on the brink of extinction, 

Allows me one dance:

A chance to entrance you: to last a bit longer.

Perhaps, if captured 

in time,

these

Cemented wings and

Coats of paint

Will not allow us to become faint.

As long as you glance at us

Before it’s too late.

By Charlotte Flukey

Artist: LC Shank

Material: Bronze

Location: Van de Leur Park

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LC Shank's sculpture was designed for the town of Yountville, in recognition that this location was the sight of the original fire station in Yountville.  Influenced by his travels throughout the world, Shank believes that sculpture is simply an artful way of drawing upon life experience, and commenting on some aspects of the human condition that are universal and timeless.  Shank currently resides in Santa Fe, enjoying the convivial art scene, rich cultural traditions, and the natural beauty of the area which provides him with inspiration.

A poem about this sculpture:

For Honorary Firefighter:

An honorary firefighter

in green-tinged bronze 

stands amidst a burbling fountain

homage to the volunteers

who fought fires and protected lives

while risking their own.   

Here is where they gathered 

equipment & rushed 

to sites of inferno to subdue 

the roar of combustion

before returning home exhausted

reeking of smoke & sweat.

The honorary firefighter hastens

toward immortality. 

By Jim McDonald

Artist: Harold Linke

Material: Steel

Location: Van de Leur Park Lawn

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In Chrysalis, I seek to gift you the feeling of wild abandon running through a  meadow—not running for any purpose or health benefit—just for being alive on the earth  and because you can. Chrysalis is necessarily off-balance forward. That’s actually  the only way you can run.  

But how to convey the slow run of casual joy? I hit on the idea of the butterfly  streamers, undulating slowly in the trailing wind. Also, the leading leg prances high  to show a frolicking gambol. The leaning shoulders complete the casual feel. She  looks at the butterflies, not the trail.  

To cap the experience, I adjusted the lines of the arms to flow smoothly with one  another and mimic the undulating butterflies. But she still conveyed too much purpose  in her joyful run. I puzzled over why and finally noticed her left hand was clenched  in my early models. When that hand opened up, I felt the joy. I could then begin to  open my hands to make her physical creation.

A poem inspired by this sculpture:

Transformation

I used to be a caterpillar

confined to crawling

on the ground 

curling up

at every insult. 

But time 

and the magic 

of metamorphosis 

changed much.  

No longer vulnerable

to birds 

my “hairy cat” body

now sleek.

I perform my pas de deux

soar into the air, 

the trees

pollinate the flowers,

beautify your yards.

Mais oui,

you’re welcome.

By Robin Gabbert

Artist: Bruce Gueswel

Material: Steel

Location: Van de Leur Park

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Artist, Bruce Gueswel, likes to create pieces with unusual materials, or methods. "Poly”, is basically, metal origami. Bruce designed the piece on a computer, then he flattened the image, enlarged it to full size, and had a water-jet company make the cuts in a large flat sheet of metal. He then folded the piece, along the perforated cuts, to create “Poly”.  

This sculpture is part of the permanent collection of the Yountville Art Walk.

Artist: Bruce Gueswel

Material: Rock and Steel

Location: Van de Leur Park

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To create “Raven”, the artist used his other sculpture, “Poly”, as his form. Bruce welded metal rods over each fold in “Poly”, replicating her shape. After covering every joint, he cut the piece in two and removed it. He then joined it back together as an empty frame, turned it over, and filled it with the stones as you see it today. Notice that her hair is black, hence the name “Raven”, and she even has facial features, and fingers and toes, of small stones. This sculpture is part of the permanent collection on the Art Walk. 

The following is a poem inspired by Raven and Poly.

Fraternal Twins

Yin     yang

Left brain     right brain

Dark     light

Liberal     conservative

Active     idle

Short     tall

Playful     serious

Love     hate

Heads     tails

Two sides of the same coin

Two sculptures by the same sculptor

Never the twin shall meet

By Myrna David

Artist: Gregory Johnson

Material: Stainless Steel

Location: North Block Hotel

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Gregory Johnson, begins his sculptures with a circle, and shapes the steel into unique, and elegant forms, meticulously creating each sculpture with expert craftsmanship.

The circle, is a presence in our every day life, and the fact that it has no corners, and is just one beautiful line, with no beginning, no middle, and no end. An incredible spiritual shape, that invites interpretation, and is so very common in our landscape. 

 Lyrical and caressing rings form beautiful and contemporary sculptures that suggest the pathways of life, the forces of nature or emotions of our humanity. The entire circle, whole and complete, contrasts with segments of the circle, creating a mix of contradictions. This sculpture is for sale and owned by the Town of Yountville. 

Artist: Don Moore

Material: Reclaimed Metals

Location: Yountville Community Park

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The sculpture “The Future of the World is in Our Hands”, was donated by the artist Don Moore, to be dedicated to extraordinary community member, Jennifer Kaneshiro Carvalho.

As a lifelong resident of Yountville, Jennifer served the community as a town employee in the Parks and Recreation Department for 38 years and continues to be an active member in town service organizations. Her entire life has centered around her community. Coining the phrase “Yountville starts with YOU” she believes the quality of our actions today creates a stronger foundation for a better community tomorrow.

Jennifer’s service philosophy of leading with a kind heart, exemplifies the message of this sculpture. She supports the community with care and works to create a culture based on positivity, connection, and empathic interaction. Jennifer embodies what Yountville loves about itself: a community of neighbors in service to each other.

The inspiration for Yountville's very own artist, Don Moore's piece, came from his participation in an environmental studies class.  This class served as a roadmap for  living a simpler way of life.  Don embraced the idea of sustainabilty by using repurposed, and recycled pieces used to create this sculpture.

A poem inspired by this sculpture:

Future of the world

At 5

We’re the world

At 15

We’re the future of the world

They tell us we’re too aggressive

They tell us all our childhood we’re the future 

When we grow they say we aren't 

They are scared when we make changes

We will act on our promises 

We will be angry, joyful

We are ready

By Evangeline Arcadi

Artist: Richard Starks

Material: Steel

Location: Yountville Commons

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On October 15, 2020, the Yountville Arts Commission, and Town Council, unveiled the Yountville Elementary School Sculpture, in front of Town Hall. This sculpture commemorates Yountville Elementary School’s over 160 years of educating Napa Valley Children, after closing in 2020. Designed by artist Richard Starks, the work takes the form of a thick ,hardcover book, its open pages, stamped with the handprints of the final class, including students, teachers, and staff.

The following is poem inspired by this sculpture:

Y. E. S. By Marianne Lyon

Rainbow hands all that are left. Throughfare my thoughts back to the Yountville Elementary School. Memories galaxy around. How kids were taught how to think not what to think. Classrooms sang playgrounds whooped recess cupolaed their arms to the sky.