Robert Holmes Sculptures

Robert Holmes, internationally acclaimed sculptor, creates a synthesis of art and architecture in crafting limited edition bronze sculptors at his foundry in Sebastopol, California. He has the unique ability to embody beauty through the ingenious interplay of space, light, and form, thus creating a harmonious and original design. Holmes says: "My work is my statement. I don't believe that words go very far in describing sculpture. I would rather let people see my work itself and interact with it in their own way."

Sebastopol is fifty miles north of San Francisco. Further up the coast at Sea Ranch, you’ll find Holmes residence and studio. The foundry gives the sculptor the freedom and flexibility to create unique designs while maintaining precision and quality in the casting process. There, he creates semiabstract cast bronze figures in limited editions of 3 to 12, which range from table-size to larger-than-life.

Through the human form, Holmes conveys a Zen like serenity, grace, optimism, and strength. In alignment with this focus, UBS Warburg Bank in London and Paine Webber has recently acquired Holmes's "The Dancers" as the public face on their brochures. They feel this sculpture, which is installed in the UBS Bank in London, is a symbol of their new merger, "the art of the possible."

The artist obtained a Civil Engineering degree and architectural training from the University of Arizona. Because of these skills, Holmes has the technical expertise to interface easily with designers and architects. Both disciplines are evident in the structural elements of his technical prowess. "The grace and serenity of his human abstractions attest to a master's command of his medium and a sublime artistic sensibility. Robert Holmes' all too rare achievement is that of distilling the human form to its essential elements and capturing, within those essentials, postures of truly poetic feeling."
-- Review by David Betz, Assistant Director, Vorpal Gallery Soho, New York.