Transform the Tri-Cities with Nathan's Sculptures!

Kennewick artist Nathan Robles is on a mission to transform our community through monumental metal sculptures. With your help, he plans to create 40 powerful, 6- to 10-foot statues that capture the essence of what it means to be human.

Artist Bio:

Nine years ago, I felt compelled to devote my life to becoming a professional metal sculptor. I hardly knew what that meant or how it was going to work. But something within me said I needed to devote as much time as possible to getting good at my craft. If it takes 10,000 hours to become proficient at something, I needed to go for it and put in the time to develop my capabilities. I couldn't wait.

This has been a monumental endeavor. As the sole provider for my family of 5 young boys, I worked many part-time jobs to keep us afloat while I found my way. The stress and strain to keep going became a weight that I struggled to carry.

I almost quit so many times. I felt isolated and alone. Every day, welding, grinding, and shaping metal. Wondering what it’s all for. Feeling like nobody cared.

Why go through all of that? Why not get a secure job and just do my artwork on the side?

Because there’s something I have been made for that no one else but me can do. The struggle I’ve had has given me a personal perspective that other people can relate to with the art I create.

For much of the nine years that I’ve been on this journey, I’ve done it the most difficult way. By myself. That is changing. I can’t do this alone anymore. I need my community to have my back so that we can transform and improve our lives together.

I have prepared myself to get to the point where I can create and perform at my highest level. I’ve put in the ten thousand hours. I’ve developed the skills and I have a vision for what to do with what I have. I have pushed and gone farther than I thought I could, and it has brought me to this moment in time.

I want to go big.

I want to inspire the people in my area with monumental artwork. I want to enhance and beautify our region with the best of what I can imagine and produce. To do that takes a team of devoted people who have the drive, skills, and passion to assist me in creating my sculptures.

I’ve assembled a team of apprentices who believe in this work and are putting all their spare time into learning and creating with me. With your help, they can jump into full-time art production. We’re already doing something amazing. Now we need your help to boost the work to its next level.

It takes backers who see the value in what we can produce and will put their money into helping us create something monumental.

Here’s what we are funding:

- The creation of 40 large-scale (6-10 foot) metal sculptures that will be produced in the Tri-Cities, Washington.

- Paying off a $12,000 loan I took out last year to get my new metal art studio established.

- Paying my apprentices so they can make sculptures with me full-time.

We are doing something unique and impactful. We are bringing to the world dynamic and engaging sculptures that provide people with a life-changing experience.

Become a backer and join my movement of Monumental Transformation.