Ted R Wilson Artist Sculptor
Spirit of the Forest
Forged steel, bronze and stone
A stag whose root-like body seems to grow out of the earth, bronze leaves sprouting from its antlers, one hoof on a rock from the Grand Canyon area. Critics' Choice Award, Lafayette Art on the Street 2025.
Ted and his assistant spent six weeks of full-time work on it. The steel was heated in the forge about eight inches at a time, bent over cleats on the anvil and welding table, then hammered for a woody, vine-like texture. The leaves are cut and formed from sheet bronze.
The stag is a quiet, watchful presence — a call for good stewardship of the land. Ted wrote a poem to go with it, which ends by reminding the viewer that “your intentions matter.”
Where it has been shown
2026 — Carbondale, CO — Fourth and Main, Art Around Town
2026 — Grand Junction, CO
2025 — Lafayette, CO — The House Inn, W. Cannon St & S. Public Rd (Critics' Choice Award)
2024 — Palisade, CO
Interested in this piece or a commission like it? Call Ted at 303-917-5548 or email structuralarts@gmail.com.