Eddie Martinez at the Katy Trail
Two lively painted bronze sculptures by Eddie Martinez are on view on the Katy Trail as a part of an ongoing partnership that brings public sculpture to the city’s beloved trail. Half Stepping Hot Stepper (2016) and Untitled (2017) originally began as assemblages of detritus that Martinez collected on the beach near his home and studio in Long Island and Ridgewood, NY. He cast these found objects in bronze and painted them with bright swaths of color using spray paint, oil, and enamel. Both works possess anthropomorphic qualities, with stooped heads resting atop jauntily angled legs and crutch-like supports—a ladder and an adjustable metal stand, respectively.