Art Type or Medium: Architectural; Environment/Installation; Sculpture
Status: active
Viewable: yes
Secular or Religious: Mixed
In 2006 Gary Brewer, once a high steel been construction worker, now a independent carpentry contractor in San Augustine, Texas started to build a deck over his modest-sized downtown home across from the courthouse square. With no backyard and a fearless fondness for high places, he’s built himself an escape into nature without leaving home. The decks include a throne-like chair, hot tub, picnic table, and are decorated with Gothic-shaped window openings, gargoyles, Gary’s architectural-scale drawings, and sharply pointed posts. Gary welcomes visitors, although he works full time as a contractor (and pretty much full time on the weekends as a self-taught artist).
