Red Fish
$280.00 – $1,880.00
Our redfish sculptures capture the bronze and copper colors, strength, and charisma of these prevalent nearshore gamefish. From marshy bayou to beachside, these flowing sculptures pay tribute to one of the Gulf and Atlantic’s supreme sportfish.
Description
Our redfish sculptures capture the bronze and copper colors, strength, and charisma of these prevalent nearshore gamefish. I sketch each design focused on accurately rendering familiar traits like an oversized chrome eye, the sloping broad head, and the single red-hued uninterrupted dorsal fin trademark to red drum.
Every anatomy-accurate sculpture hand forms from 14 gauge 316L marine steel through heritage blacksmith techniques – cut, shaped and polished entirely by hand before finishing through an extreme fire patina process that permanently melds deep copper and intense red gradients into the exacting metallic proportions. No two alike.
From marshy bayou to beachside, these flowing sculptures pay tribute to one of the Gulf and Atlantic’s supreme sportfish and an essential indicator of estuary vitality, their numbers closely tied to the health of underlying floodplains flushing nutrients that nourish entire marine food chains. Through their fight they teach passion and grit.
Our kinetic tributes aim to honor an iconic pillar of coastal fishing culture through conservation and ethics rather than ego. Within hand-worked stainless reflecting generations of mastery, find new appreciation for the regal red fish, and perhaps glimpse both precious fragility and timeless strength within this shared fishery we inherit between our skills and their gills.
*All of our sculptures come with stainless steel brackets and hardware for mounting.
Additional information
| Face | Left, Right |
|---|---|
| Items | 18" x 7", 25" x 10", 36" x 14", 45" x 18" |
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Armando R. Hevia, a passionate artist and sport fisherman enthusiast, was born in Havana, Cuba, but moved to the U.S. as a young child. He has lived Orlando, Florida since 1972. Fortunately, Florida is a premier destination for fishing, and the open seas have given him a wide realm of both observation and discernment, fueling his creativity to replicate sea life in his own vision.
Armando has always loved to draw, and studied both Commercial Art and Welding at Mid-Florida Tech in Orlando. His welding knowledge prompted him to experiment with creating his first metal sculpture over 20 years ago. What began as a hobby has turned into much more, and he has methodically developed his stainless steel sculptures depicting sea life. All sculptures begin with a hand drawn design before the metal is cut to the proper specifications of each fish. He then grinds each piece to add depth and dimension into each piece. The array of colors is achieved by controlled heat, a process known as fire color. The colors are not painted on, but rather drawn out of the metal by different temperatures of heat. The colors are then embedded into the steel permanently. Each piece is original, and no two pieces are alike.
Armando not only has a passion for, but takes pride in each piece of art he creates. It is clear he has an innate, intuitive gift for art, and is willing and able to create anything the mind can imagine.