Robert Spies Featured Artist at Cloud Nine Art Gallery

Robert Spies Show Opening at Cloud Nine

Robert Spies, Sculptor Extraordinaire

Cloud Nine Art Gallery, 320 N. Franklin St., Fort Bragg

First Friday, September 1, 5 – 8pm

About the Artist

Robert Spies is a self-taught sculptor, print maker and painter. His interest in art started with zoological illustrations during graduate school. After graduating from the University of Southern California in marine biology he worked in Australia, the Marshall Islands, Indonesia, the Gulf of Mexico, Alaska and California doing original research, publishing, editing and advising governments.

Dr. Spies has actively pursued sculpture since the 1970s starting with sculptures fashioned from native walnut tree trunks salvaged in the San Francisco Bay Area. After moving to Mendocino in 2002 he expanded into cast aluminum and bronze sculptures while continuing wood sculpture from coastal tree species, many salvaged from local beaches. He has also made prints, collages and paintings for the last 20 years, and shown work in Northern California, Los Angeles and Oregon.

Join us at Cloud Nine to celebrate the sculptures of Robert Spies and hear from the artist himself. He will give a brief talk with a Q&A at 6pm on First Friday. Enjoy a little bubbly, light refreshments and Jazz Piano by Christopher Johnson.

Cloud Nine Art Gallery is open Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday from 12 – 5.