Metal Fish Wall Art
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Metal Fish Wall Art
I keep this collection to eight pieces from two sculptors on purpose: Casey Parlette and Nano Lopez come at fish from completely different directions, and between them you get the full range of what metal fish wall art can be — a single 36-inch wahoo carved from wood,...
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Metal Fish Wall Art
Nano Lopez
$6,200.00
Size: 6" H. x 10" W. x 1" D. Edition Size: 880 Weight: 5lbsA Colorful School Swimming in UnisonFishies Going Left captures the graceful movement of a school of four bronze fish gliding together through imaginary waters. This companion piece...
Nano Lopez
$6,200.00
Size: 6" H. x 10" W. x 1" D. Edition Size: 880 Weight: 5lbsA Vibrant School Swimming in HarmonyFishies Going Right captures the joyful energy of a school of four bronze fish gliding together through an imaginary current. Each fish...
Casey Parlette
$14,400.00 - $33,600.00
Wahoo school Size: 90" x 29" (at 3 fish) Material: Curly maple, bronze, brass, stainless steel, poplar wood Method: Hammered, forged, welded, carved This piece captures the streamlined power and elegance of wahoo, which are among the fastest fish in the ocean. The bodies...
Casey Parlette
$4,080.00
Barracuda school Size: 28 inches long Material: Curly redwood, bronze Method: Carved, forged, hammered, welded These barracuda sculptures, made of redwood and bronze, strive to capture the elegance and fluid curves of a swimming school of these predatory fish. Each barracuda is...
Casey Parlette
$5,400.00
School of mahi-mahi Size: 3 1/2’ to 4’ long, approximately 14” high and stands approximately 12” off the wall it’s displayed on. Material: Maple, poplar, bronze, abalone Method: Hammered, forged, welded, carved Mahi-mahi are among the most beautiful fish in the ocean and...
Casey Parlette
$5,040.00
Wahoo Size: 36 inches long Material: Curly maple, bronze, brass, stainless steel, poplar wood Method: Hammered, forged, welded, carved This piece captures the streamlined power and elegance of wahoo, which are among the fastest fish in the ocean. The bodies are carved...
Casey Parlette
$10,800.00 - $25,200.00
Barracuda school Size: 10' X 3.5' Material: Curly redwood, bronze Method: Carved, forged, hammered, welded These barracuda sculptures, made of redwood and bronze, strive to capture the elegance and fluid curves of a swimming school of these predatory fish. Each barracuda is mounted...
Casey Parlette
$15,120.00 - $35,280.00
School of mahi mahi Size: 7.5'X 3' (for a school of 3) Material: Maple, poplar, bronze, abalone Method: Hammered, forged, welded, carved Mahi mahi are among the most beautiful fish in the ocean and often form large schools. As they mature, the males...
I keep this collection to eight pieces from two sculptors on purpose: Casey Parlette and Nano Lopez come at fish from completely different directions, and between them you get the full range of what metal fish wall art can be — a single 36-inch wahoo carved from wood, or a pair of palm-sized bronze companions.
Wood and bronze, cast bronze and patina
Parlette's six pieces — Wahoo, Wahoo School, Barracuda, Barracuda School, Mahi Mahi, and Mahi Mahi School — are built, not cast. A wahoo's body is carved from curly maple, bent to hold the fish's natural curve, with a hammered and welded bronze head, saw-blade teeth, and polished stainless steel eyes. The barracuda pieces are curly redwood and bronze. The mahi-mahi are quilted maple with small pieces of abalone shell inlaid to mimic their freckled spots — real mahi-mahi shift color as they swim, cobalt to yellow-gold. All of them mount flat to the wall, and the school pieces can be arranged however the space calls for.
Lopez's two pieces, "Fishies Going Right" and "Fishies Going Left," work at a different scale entirely — 6 by 10 inches each, a school of four bronze fish per piece, cast in an edition of 880. The color comes from patina work directly on the bronze: teals shifting into golden ambers and orange.
Prices here run $4,080 to $35,280, median $19,200. All eight are available, and the school pieces are ordered by fish count — three, four, five, six or seven — so the size of the arrangement is your call rather than whatever happens to be on hand. Bronze reads differently in person than on a screen; the weight and the surface work are things a photograph just can't carry, which is true of foundry bronze generally, not just these eight. Call us about arranging a school across an odd-shaped wall.
— Steve Schlag, founder, Dolphin Galleries
