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Sculptureworks Garden Gallery Showcasing Sculptor Robert Glen is Featured in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram
March 29, 2006

Where art is in full bloom
Sculptureworks launches venture with show of Robert Glen pieces at Weston Gardens nursery

By JESSICA DeLEON
STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER


Robert Glen lives in a tent in the bush of Kenya, where he has to travel 60 miles to the nearest store. He can claim elephants and lions as neighbors.

"It's what we see every day," Glen said. "That's what I try to do."

Glen creates dramatic sculptures of animals, such as lions courting and leaping impala antelope. His works can be seen outdoors at the Sculptureworks Garden Gallery at Weston Gardens nursery in Fort Worth.

The location is a new step for Sculptureworks. The Hurst-based arts organization has formed a for-profit corporation for showing and selling works, while continuing a nonprofit offshoot that arranges artwork to be displayed at libraries and bookstores.

Most of Glen's works are in the 4-acre portion of Weston Gardens' demonstration gardens.
Sue Weston, who owns Weston Gardens along with her husband, Randy, said the gardens enhance the artwork. "It shows off the sculptures really well," she said. "It's a beautiful setting."

Sculptureworks will change the exhibit every three months, with a long-range plan to have programs for adults and children. Glen's exhibit follows a show earlier this year from 18 other artists.

Sculptureworks President David Wiegand said people often asked him if his organization had a location, and he had to tell them it didn't. He works out of his house.
So, he said, the organization "decided to park itself."

Glen seemed a natural to help launch the venture. Glen's work includes The Mustangs at Las Colinas, a life-size display at the Las Colinas commercial development of Irving. He will also have an exhibition at the Houston Zoo beginning April 27.

Glen, 65, was born in Nairobi and raised in East Africa, and has been sculpting animals since he was 9. He took on an apprenticeship in Denver with Coloman Jonas, a noted animal sculptor and taxidermist, when he was 16. Glen's pieces range in price from $4,500 to $236,000.

Wiegand said some people may be offended when they see Glen's work, which includes a lion chasing an antelope or a lion lying next to a kill. Wiegand compares Glen to painter and sculptor Charles M. Russell, who depicted the history of the American West.
"I see Robert doing the same thing," Wiegand said. "He sketches and sculpts the animals. He's literally making a documentation of what this looks like now."

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IN THE KNOW
Sculptureworks Garden Gallery
Weston Gardens, 8101 Anglin Drive, Fort Worth
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Friday
9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday
noon to 5 p.m. Sunday

Jessica DeLeón, (817) 685-3932 jdeleon@star-telegram.com

(Article and photos as shown at www.dfw.com on March 29, 2006. Published on March 29, 2006, Page B1, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, TX.)

lion and lioness courting
Left: "Lion and Lioness Courting" by Sculptor Robert Glen shown is on display at Weston Gardens during the Sculptureworks, Inc. 2006 "Winter Blooms Show". Photograph by Raul Vasquez as shown in the March 29, 2006, edition of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
two leaping impala antelope
Left: "Two Leaping Impala Antelope" by Sculptor Robert Glen shown on display at Weston Gardens. Photograph by Raul Vasquez as shown in the March 29, 2006, edition of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
two leaping impala antelope
Left: Visitors to Weston Gardens explore "Close Shave - Lioness Chasing Impala Antelope" (left) and "Two Leaping Impala Antelope" (right), both by Sculptor Robert Glen. Photograph by Raul Vasquez as shown in the March 29, 2006, edition of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
two leaping impala antelope
Left: Sculptor Robert Glen at work in his studio. Photograph courtesy of Robert Glen as shown in the March 29, 2006, edition of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

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