I-10 Sculpture Garden Gets 3 Million in Art
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on: April 01, 2010, 2:08 am
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The Coming King Foundation
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David Broussard will be joining two other
professional American sculptors, Beverly Paddleford and Max Greiner,
Jr. of Kerrville, TX by donating his artwork to the sculpture park,
located in the Texas Hill Country.
Kerrville, Texas - April 1st, 2010 - Three million dollars worth of monumental
sculptures have been donated to The Coming King Foundation for display at a 23 acre
Sculpture Prayer Garden on Interstate 10 in Kerrville, TX. The non-profit Christian
arts foundation announced this week that Dallas, TX sculptor, David Broussard
(http://www.JeweledSteel.com) will be joining two other professional American
sculptors, Beverly Paddleford (http://www.HopeMonument.com) of Lander, WY and Max
Greiner, Jr. (http://www.MaxGreinerArt.com) of Kerrville, TX by donating his work to
the sculpture park, located in the Texas Hill Country.
Broussard uses carbon steel and heat from his blow torch to construct colorful,
contemporary sculptures, while Paddleford and Greiner carve their realistic
originals out of clay or wax, which is later cast into bronze. Together, the three
artists are giving more than a dozen monumental sculptures to the Christ-honoring
garden. In addition to the art, two million dollars in donations have already been
spent on the world-class garden park. However, two to three million dollars are
still needed to complete the entire Sculpture Prayer Garden, which is being built
without debt from the donations of Christians across America.
In December of 2008, construction on the spiritual Garden was halted for 15 months
due to a lawsuit filed by neighbors, who sought to stop the largest sculpture, a
77í7î contemporary cross, from being erected. However, on March 1, 2010 Judge Keith
Williams of the 216th District Court in Texas approved a Settlement Agreement, which
allowed the Christian arts ministry to raise ìThe Empty Crossî, a two million
dollar, 70 ton, Cor-tin steel, sculpture.
The seven story, symbolic cross sculpture, when erected on a 1,930í hill, is
destined to become a national landmark. It will be seen by travelers on the
transcontinental interstate highway, which links Florida and California. The
sculpture park is located approximately halfway between the Atlantic and Pacific
Oceans. The Texas garden is also at the same latitude as Israel and looks like the
Holy Land. ìPilgrimsî from across the USA and world are expected to visit the free
spiritual garden when finished. According to Greiner, the organizationís founder
and current President: ìThis garden will be a great spiritual blessing to all, and
a financial blessing to the local area. We expect it will become one of the top
free tourist attractions in Texas when opened to the public.î
The Kerrville Sculpture Prayer Garden is the ìprototypeî for other evangelical
Christian gardens that will be built across the USA and world for the glory of God.
The Christ-honoring artwork in the garden will be diverse, as more Christian artists
are invited to donate their sculptures. The second garden is being built now at
Christian Family Church in Owatonna, MN on Interstate 35, just south of Minneapolis.
About The Artists:
David Broussard, www.JeweledSteel.com, began his professional art business, ìJeweled
Steelî, in May of 2000, when the artist learned how to turn carbon steel into
colorful sculptures using a blowtorch. Beverly Paddleford, www.HopeMonument.com,
owns Eagle Bronze in Lander, WY, one of the largest art foundries in the world, with
her husband, Monte. The Paddlefords donated all their profits to create ìThe Empty
Crossî sculpture. Beverly has done many different commissions, from the Governors
residence in Wyoming, the front of the Cabelaís in South Dakota, to the grounds of
Oral Roberts University.
Max Greiner, Jr., www.MaxGreinerArt.com, started his professional fine art business
in 1978, with his wife, Sherry and is the ìvisionaryî behind the project. The work
of these artists is collected in all 50 states and around the world. It is in the
collections of President George W. Bush, the late Pope John Paul, Governor Mike
Huckabee, movie, TV, sports and music stars.
To learn more about TCKF, the Kerrville Cross and the Prayer Garden or to donate to
TCKF, visit their website at: http://www.TheComingKingFoundation.org or call (830)
367-7706.
Contact Information:
The Coming King Foundation
Max Greiner Jr.
P.O. Box 290555
Kerrville, TX 78029-0555
(830) 367-7706