Michael Clapper’s Camino, is the newest public artwork commissioned by the City of Denver. The idea for Camino, which is Spanish for road or way, originated from the path that the two agencies housed at the Park Avenue Municipal Service Complex share. Located at the end of the final turn on the entrance road, the artwork is seen everyday by those who use the building. The sculpture is set on a concrete base that consists of three tall wedges of stone. These modernist forms are bunched together, slightly off-set from one another.

Educated in design at the distinguished Wendell Castle School in Rochester, New York, artist Michael Clapper creates contemporary public and residential sculpture within an abstract and modernist vernacular. Working in the medium of stone and steel, his art conveys a natural palette of color, pattern and texture that are inherent within the materials themselves. “It is my desire that my works of art evoke a sense of timelessness, serenity and transcendence within the viewer,” stated the artist.

The winner of numerous awards, Clapper maintains a studio in Denver and teaches sculpture at Metropolitan State College. Camino is his fifth public art commission.