Motion Installed in Portsmouth, VA

Just got back on Thursday from installing the sculpture Motion at the Courthouse Galleries in Portsmouth, VA. Motion is part of the 6th annual Courthouse Galleries Exterior Sculpture Series that runs from March 4 – October 9th, 2011. http://www.courthousegalleries.com/exhibits.html There will be approximately 10 more sculptures that will be installed at 3 different locations around Portsmouth.

The install was wonderfully smooth. The birthing process (installation) was facilitated by Ken the great forklift operator, from the city of Portsmouth.

Got the opportunity to stay in a 100 year old home, see a bit of Portsmouth, and also experience parking Portsmouth-style. Downtown Portsmouth, since it is an older city, has parking problems that are solved in an interesting way. Many of the main streets are wide so the city has allocated the middle of the street to park vehicles two abreast. Makes one pay a lot more attention to driving instead of gawking at the sites & architecture.

So, this spring when you are thinking of going to Busch Gardens or Williamsburg for a weekend; drive another 35 miles down I-64E to Portsmouth for the sculpture exhibit. You can have a great lunch while seeing sculpture. Now that is a great prelude to either Busch Gardens or Williamsburg.

copyright 2011 Carl Wright

Visit to Chicagoland

I will be in Chicagoland on July 29th/30th to pick up my two sculptures, “Eihei” and “Motion”. Would prefer to sell one or both to someone in the Chicago area rather than pick them up. http://www.wsggallery.com/Carl-Public-Art.htm Lets make a win-win deal.

If you need to talk to me about sculpture while in the Chicago area contact me by phone or email to schedule a time. Contact me at carl@wsggallery.com

copyright 2009 Carl Wright

Public Art in Algonquin, IL

It has been an exciting week. Left Monday to go to Algonquin, IL (30 miles west of Chicago) to deliver the two sculptures shown at left.

Near the brick building is Motion - an 18" x 18" x 24" high sculpture - weighing in at about 600 lbs. On the black pedestal is Eihei - a 9" x 15" x 40" tall sculpture - weighing in at about 350 lbs.

Arrived in Algonquin Tuesday evening. Wednesday morning two Algonquin City employees Ben and Justin along with Ben Mason from the Community Development Office helped me to install the sculptures. It was a flawless installation. Beautiful sunny day. All you could ask for for an installation.

The opening reception for the Algonquin Public Art Extravaganza is on October 25th, 2007. Should be an interesting time. This is an award winning production. Ben Mason was to go down Friday and pick up another award on the splendid job that they have done making public art relevant and approachable for the general public.

Now that the install is done it is back to preparing for the December Show. Almost to excited for words. To see more images from the Algonquin visit the link http://wsggallery.com/Carl%20Public%20Art.htm.

View of Algonquin Main Street

copyright 2007 Carl Wright

Sculpture in Algonquin, IL

Delivering Sculpture



I (Carl) have been chosen along with 20 some other artists to display their sculpture in Algonquin, IL from November 1, 2007 to November 1, 2008. I will be showing Motion (pictured to the left) and Eihei (pictured below). Am so excited to be showing my work in the greater Chicago area. It is an area I have wanted to place sculptures and have selling galleries in for several years. This is the first step.


The town of Algonquin is most accomodating to make this as painless as possible for all the participants. I, for one, appreciate their thoroughness. Looking forward to seeing the sculptures in the changing seasons.