Jeweled Steel by Broussard in Landscape Architecture magazine
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Three million dollars worth of monumental sculptures have been donated to The Coming King Foundation for display at a 23-acre Sculpture Prayer Garden on Interstate 10 in Kerrville, Texas.
David Broussard www.JeweledSteel.com and two other professional American sculptors, Beverly Paddleford www.HopeMonument.com of Lander, Wy., and Max Greiner Jr. www.MaxGreinerArt.com of Kerrville, Texas, will donate their work to the sculpture park.
Broussard molds carbon steel via blowtorch to construct contemporary sculptures; Paddleford and Greiner sculpt realistic originals from clay or wax, which are later cast into bronze. Together, the three artists are giving more than a dozen monumental sculptures to the garden. Two million dollars in donations have already been spent on the world-class garden park, however, two to three million dollars more are needed to complete the garden.
In December of 2008, construction on the garden was halted for 15 months when a lawsuit filed by neighbors sought to stop a $2 million, 70-ton Cor-tin steel cross 77’7” tall from being erected next to the Mesa Vista subdivision on a 1,930-ft. hill overlooking Interstate 10, the southernmost east–west, coast-to-coast highway. The lawsuit contended the lots were zoned for residential, not commercial use.
On March 1, 2010 Texas District Court Judge Keith Williams approved a settlement agreement that will allow the “Empty Cross” sculpture.
See www.TheComingKingFoundation.org for more info on the garden. The photo is the "Empty Cross" by Max Greiner, Jr - www.maxgreinerart.com.
