Fred Prescott
About the artist
Fred Prescott started working metal at six, in his father's machine shop in Palo Alto, among band saws, punch presses, and grinders. A watercolor class at twelve turned him toward color, and he has spent the years since putting bright color on moving steel. Self-taught and based in Santa Fe, he describes the work as...
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Fred Prescott started working metal at six, in his father's machine shop in Palo Alto, among band saws, punch presses, and grinders. A watercolor class at twelve turned him toward color, and he has spent the years since putting bright color on moving steel. Self-taught and based in Santa Fe, he describes the work as a blend of folk art, pop art, and technically advanced construction. His animals read as both real and invented, built at a scale meant to hold a room or a garden. He has exhibited since 1974. Divine West carries nine of his steel animals, among them Mama Giraffe, Large Tiger, Free Range Bull, and Saguaro Cactus.