David Adickes | Sculptor Shows Some Colorful Love For Houston (2013)

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David Adickes | Sculptor Shows Some Colorful Love For Houston August 12, 2013 HOUSTON— An accomplished Houston artist who has mastered every medium is showing his love for Houston in a big way. David Addickes, 86, is best known for his larger than life work—iconic figures, sculpted in beautiful bronze or concrete. It's a labor of love and his feelings run deep for his beloved Bayou City. "Houston's been good to me," he said. He said Houston captured his heart years ago, but it wasn't until recently that he decided to show it. Adickes assembled a 30-foot high We Heart Houston sculpture. "It's sort of my love letter to Houston," he said. "It's influenced by the Hollywood sign, but mine's got a lot of color in it." The sculpture sits on a little piece of property he owns inside the loop along Interstate 10 just east of Durham. "It was finished about a year ago, but I was waiting for TxDOT to finish the work on the feeder roads of I-10," he said. "I bought that property about 40 years ago and was going to put the Beatles there. But once they were up they were too big for that spot." Although large, the We Heart Houston sign is anything but a distraction. It's more of a masterpiece and a very big sign of appreciation from the artist and longtime resident who said he's still head over heels for Houston. --- Clip courtesy of KHOU.COM