Category: Featured Artists

I was born in Paso Robles, I attended the Lillian Larson Elementary School in San Miguel and graduated from Paso Robles High School, Class of 1970. I am a member of the Academic Hall of Fame of the Paso Robles High School.

My adventure in Italy began in August of 1972. My parents offered me the opportunity to study my third year of university with the California International Programs in Firenze, Italy, where I also atteneded the Academia delle Belle Arti studying fine arts studio painting, fresco, and restoration techniques. I remember the first morning I ventured into the central market of Borgo San Lorenzo… its beauty of space, seasonal color, and daily life have inspired and overwhelmed me for the past thrity-one years.

The past twenty-five years I have been working as an artist/aesthetics designer throughout the United States, mainly in Northern California creating ambiance, special effects, and commissioned art work for a multitude of high-end projects for my various clientele.

I find myself amidst a new renaissance on the Cnetral Coast of California and facing my life’s greatest challenges as an artist/aesthetics designer with a new joy, spirit, and self and a new vision of the place where I was born.

-Steve Kalar

Enter Sculpterra and you are greeted with unique iron signage, decorative iron fencing and tasting room embellishments by Robert C. Bentley, a master blacksmith and sculptor with a renaissance style and quality that will astound you. A close inspection of Bentley’s work will reveal an encyclopedia of ironworking techniques.

There’s magic about metal that mesmerizes those who work with and appreciate it. The ability to take a stack of metal rods and bars, heat them, and reshape them into beautiful useful objects is a constant source of awe and wonder.

From signage, fencing and handicap railing to beam ties, door trim and decorative metal embellishments throughout the tasting room, Bentley’s work and detail will amaze you.

Sculpterra is a work in progress and will have an ever changing world of art for you to discover each time you visit and enjoy our hand crafted wines.

Born in Chicago, John Jagger has been a full time professional sculptor for over 45 years. His monuments grace many cities throughout the U.S. and abroad, and his edition designs number in the hundreds, with edition numbers in the thousands in the hands of his collectors. His awards, prizes and patents are formidable.

With a bachelor’s in Interior Design, and a master’s in Creative Design, he attained Senior Industrial Designer status with IBM in the 50s. His commissions read like the Dow Jones List of Blue Chip stocks. He has worked with churches, casinos, architects, important corporations, banks, newspapers, municipalities, galleries and private collectors.

A ‘driven’ man, he designed and built 4 homes for himself, though he lived in his studio a number of times, where he worked until exhausted, fell onto a cot, rose and continued working, 24/7. He has been a champion in boxing, wrestling, and judo. He played piano in bars and played tennis for money, as he worked his way through college. He has lived on the Ocean in Cambria, CA, and on top of a mountain in Atascadero, CA., for years.

“It was Providence that brought Warren Frankel and I together. With his dream of surrounding himself with fine art, and me wondering what my ‘Swan Song’ would be, our association was perfect, and certainly no coincidence.”

John Jagger
Sculptor

You can see more of John’s work on our Sculpture Garden page or on our Art for Sale page.

Dale Evers is a cutting edge American artist. Always the innovator and established as a premiere sculptor/designer of centerpiece art, Dale has gone beyond pure sculpture to successfully blend the world of fine art and functional design. Recognized as a pioneer for his stunning table designs, water features, and his ability to mix mediums at a unique and sophisticated level, Evers has continued to expand his vision for art that serves purpose. The artist’s new mantra: Get the art out. That is, bring the art outside.

A product of an artist’s love of all things natural, Dale has always pushed the envelope of creativity driven by inspiration. The artist spends much of his inspiration time with a camera, above water and below. The Artist gathers data that trigger Ideas. Ideas that manifest themselves into Glass, Bronze and Steel objects de’ arte. Dale Evers designs are authentic, fresh and bold.

It is the artist’s ability to fuse glass bronze and steel into inspired creative reality that sets Dale Evers work apart.

For more information visit Dale Evers Design Studio Online