Philadelphia sculptor Clete Shields has been commissioned to create an 8-foot statue of country-music star Willie Nelson to be presented as a gift to the city of Austin, Texas, next year.
Shields’ previous work, for directors Kevin Smith and Robert Rodriguez, as well as for the Franklin Mint, captured the eye of Capital Area Statues Inc., the Texas group that commissioned the sculpture.
It’ll be made of clay, and later cast in bronze.
The sculpture features Nelson holding an acoustic guitar.
by Don Gross