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Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Robert Brown Photos
The Denver Broncos snow sculpture is among the four Super Bowl logos The Carolina Panther adds drama to the snow sculpture Super Bowl contenders'
marking the progress of the teams. logos created by Robert Brown in front of his Clinton home.
Valerie Gillies
Clinton News Record
A Clinton tradition continues
as Robert Brown sculpted and
painted his snowy renditions of
the logos of the contender teams
for the 2016 Super Bowl. This
year it is the Arizona Cardinals,
New England Patriots, Carolina
Panthers and the Denver
Broncos.
Brown has been sculpting the
NFL sculptures to mark the pro-
gress of the teams almost every
year for approximately 30 years. It
took him approximately 25 hours
to complete the four on display
this year. Those who know Brown
know that these sculptures are not
just created and left static in front
of his home at 32 Rattenbury
Street. The NFL progress is tracked
and the sculptures are rearranged
to always place the losing teams of
the most recent games on the left
as you face the house and the win-
ners on the right.
Brown got his start in snow
sculpting by being the mudder,
the one who brings the buckets of
water and snow to the actual art-
ist, for a good friend of his. As his
friend is now a long way away,
Brown does his own sculpting,
although he qualifies it saying,
"My friend is the real artist. What I
do is more of a cartoon take -off. If
my friend were doing it, the pan-
ther would look lifelike."
Although there has been a mild
spell since these four sculptures
were built, causing some deterio-
ration, Brown advises that they are
rebuilt as the season progresses.
"The Bronco's and Panther's
sculptures will be rebuilt up big-
ger and better for the Super Bowl
on February 7."
Brown admits that he absolutely
loves playing in the snow. He would
be thrilled to find like-minded peo-
ple who would like to join him in his
hobby. Currently he has a goal of
finding up to six more people to
build some snow art in the old Sal-
vation Army store lot beside Dollar
Haven in Clinton. "With that many
people we could get an amazing
display done overnight to surprise
the people going by the next day."
Of course, the weather and snow
quality are crucial to quality snow
sculpting. To accomplish the over-
night transformation would require
keeping track of conditions to pick
the perfect night to do it.
Brown has other projects on the
go and in his mind for throughout
the area. If you are interested in
joining him, he can be reached at
226-420-2080.
The flash of bright red of the Arizona Cardinals logo draws attention to the NFL
snow sculptures in front of 32 Rattenbury Street in Clinton.
Robert Brown has crafted and painted the New England Patriots NFL logo.