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SOME BOATS FIND ANOTHER BERTH AS THE BOAT SHOW LEAVES LAMPASAS

 

September 27, 2007, Lampasas, Tex. – If you weren’t one of the 525+ visitors who saw T.J. Mabrey’s THE BOAT SHOW when it was at 405 Pecan Street, that’s okay.  Ten of these marble sculptures will remain in the city of Lampasas until the beginning of January 2008.  And you’re free to visit them until then, when they travel with the rest of the show to the Temple Cultural Center for a reprise of THE BOAT SHOW.  We’ll keep you posted on that.  Until then, here’s a walking tour of Mabrey’s sculptures – all in the downtown Lampasas area:

Robert Gradel, Attorney	107 East 2nd St.	“Cloud Gate with Boats”
Lampasas Public Library	201 S. Main St.	“Castellatus Carrier”
Bonilee Garrett	305 East 3rd St.	“Roller Carrier”
City of Lampasas Admin. Bldg.	312 East 3rd St.	“Life Boat”
My Girls	415 East 3rd St.	“Pod Boat”
First Texas Bank	501 East 3rd St	“Story Boat”
Old Town Antiques	East 3rd St.	“Sky Fishing”
Edward Jones Investments	401 S. Live Oak	“Serpent Boat”
Pat Cavness, Attorney	414 S. Live Oak	“Turret Carrier”
Martin and Millican, Attorneys	512 East. 4th St.	“Bed Boat with Cats” and “The Boat of Venus”

We asked some of the lucky venues why they chose the sculpture they did for their office or building. 

This is what some of them had to say:  City Manager Michael Stoldt said that he and Mayor Judy Hetherly were immediately taken with “The Life Boat,” the sculpture Stoldt selected for display in the City of Lampasas Administration Building.  He loved “the smooth old Roman marble, the distinctive design of the sculpture,” and the incorporation of water and iron into the piece.  “Life Boat” “caught my eye,” Mr. Stoldt said, “I personally liked it.” 

Others echoed this personal response to the works of art they chose for their spaces.  Attorney Pat Cavness noted of “Turret Carrier,” “It’s interesting and fits well in my office,” and Mayor Hetherly said she was drawn to the symbolism of the constellations in “Sky Fishing,” which she is showing in her shop Old Town Antiques on Third Street. 

Ken McDaniel at Edward Jones Investments liked the imagery of “Serpent Boat,” but became really interested in the sculpture once Mabrey explained that it depicted Wiracocha (or Viracocha), the Incan creator god, and Kukulkan in the Mayan tradition, a god of life and divine wisdom. 

T.J. Mabrey and Lampasas Association for the Arts, the sponsoring organization for the exhibition, would like to thank the following:  Amanda and Johnny Wade of Mesquite Creek for generously donating the space at 405 South Pecan Street for exhibiting the sculptures; volunteers Harrell Clary, Stephen Mabrey, Kathy Henschel, Beverly Wood, Sheryl Estes, Tina Matney, Carmel Leblanc, Diana Fisch, Chriss Echlin, Brian Hooks, and Lea Patel; Sylvia Berry, Misti Harrell, the LISD administration and school board, and the
LISD students; Wes Walker and the staff of Texas Boat World; and everyone who visited and participated in the exhibition.