Life and art join to reveal a dynamic partnership in the art of Fredrick Prescott. The joy and animation seen in Prescott's sculptures result from the artist's outpouring of individual perceptions, creating a captivating, multi-dimensional art form. Using the visual and emotional impact of brilliant color on moving steel, he produces sculptures which reflect his singularly fantastic interpretation of the world around him.

Prescott's childhood experiences foreshadow his innovation of this unique art form which he describes as "kinetic scenarios and kinetic landscapes". Born in Palo Alto, California in 1949, the oldest son of the chief inventor and owner of the Universal Coin Meter Company, Prescott began working with metal at the age of six. In a playground of band saws, punch presses and grinders, the artist spent countless hours honing the skills he uses to transform metal into art, by cutting, bending and welding metal. By twelve, he was enrolled in a watercolor painting class where he immediately developed a passion for color.

Prescott is constantly inspired by all that surrounds him. The vibrant colors which find their way into his art are drawn from the distinctly eclectic palette of the contemporary world around him. Whether depicting Wall Street, surfers, outerspace adventures, childhood memories of Cowboy and Indian movies, pink Cadillacs from the fifties, the world of sports, or urban life, all vignettes are created from the joyful perspective Fred Prescott has of the world.

He embraces the most technologically advanced tools to transform raw sheets of steel into three-dimensional canvases. He draws each image onto the full color graphic computer of his Hypertherm Plasma Cutting System. A 440 volt arc of electricity, which Fred compares to a bolt of lightening, recreates these forms in steel. The artist's canvas is then ready to be painted, which he does in the most spontaneous and whimsical manner. Prescott's painting style is loose and fast. His final touch of "flicking" thin fluid lines of paint mimic the waving movement that some parts of the sculptures make, before they are even made to move by the viewer.

Movement and the illusion of movement enchant viewers once the brilliant colors and delightful subjects have captured their attention. Indeed, the work of Fredrick Prescott has captured the attention of art lovers from every walk of life and from every sector of the globe. His art can be found in significant private and corporate collections as well as in the homes of those who are just beginning their journey of discovering the joy of collecting great art.