Duluth Driftwood Art by Wilmer Roballo

Artist Wilmer Roballo specializes in sculptures made from Lake Superior driftwood. Each unique piece of artwork is inspired by the natural shape of the wood from which it came.

The Lady of the Lake was Roballo’s very first sculpture, constructed with a kitchen bread knife and some wood glue after a walk along the beach in Duluth, Minnesota (May 2020).

One of a kind sculptures inspired by Lake Superior driftwood.

 

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Tree Root Coffee Table (available) click for more information

Whale Breaching (available) click for more information

The Philosopher (available) You have to decide what’s going on here…

Big Horse “Fernando” (available) click for more information

Very Tall Heron “Gregory” (available) Named after the artist’s very tall brother-in-law, Gregory is gulping down a fish. (7 feet tall x 5.5 feet long)

The Heron “Maritza” (available) 54” tall x 52” long Can be indoors or outdoors.

The Moose (commissioned piece) 7 feet tall x 8.5 feet long x 3 feet span of antlers

Branch Coffee Table (available) 21” tall x 52” x 43”

The Walleye (available) 34” long x 21” tall

Robin Hood (available) 47” tall x 30” deep x 14” wide on a felted black granite base.

The Dragon (available) 7.5 feet long x 5.5 feet tall x 6 feet wingspan

Escape (sold) Depicts a woman who is a moment away from escaping everything that has held her back in life. (44” tall x 38” x 42”)

Plea for Peace (sold) The spirit of Venezuela is depicted as a woman wearing a traditional hat from the flatlands. She stands on land damaged by years of corruption and violence and is planting a white flag in a plea for peace. (22” tall)

Big Momma Bird and Angry Baby Bird (sold) Angry Baby Bird is the artist’s self-portrait because he hated going to school when he was very little but his mother made him go anyway. (Momma 59” tall, Angry Baby 31” tall)

The Runner (sold) This androgynous figure runs on a spinning base. (34” tall)

Grandma Turtle (sold) 4” tall x 6” long

Lady Dragonfly (sold) 28” tall

Order & Chaos (sold) This sculpture rotates to represent the two sides of life — Order and Chaos. Order is made of individually-carved cubes of driftwood (not flat squares) all neatly fit together. Chaos is a pressed, mangled mosaic of differently-sized pieces of driftwood. (16” tall x 8” square)

Domino Set with Storage Box (sold)

Huldrefolk Ring Trail One-Eyed Troll (commissioned/donated to the Knife River Recreational Council) approximately 30 feet long

Long-Haired Dancer (sold) 34” tall

Flamingo (available)

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Happy (available) 32” tall

Triumph (available) click for more information

Eagle (available) click for more information

Little Jester (sold) 33” tall

The Horsehead (available) 23” tall x 15” long

Winged Victory (sold) Carved from a driftwood log to represent the statue of the same name in the Louvre, Paris. (16” tall)

The Mother (available) A single piece of driftwood had two crossing branches (the legs) and two big knots (the butt and the baby). She is elevated because Roballo believes that becoming a mother elevates a woman’s spirit. The arc represents the umbilical cord and the driftwood at the bottom represents the womb. Mounted on a felted black granite base. (Mother is 20” tall. Base: 47” tall x 33” deep.)

The Elephant (available) 24” tall at trunk x 25” long

Greysolon Buck “Hector” (available) 6.5 feet tall x 4.5 feet long

Gargoyle (available) This piece was inspired by one long piece of driftwood that started with the shape of the head and ran through a long neck, the body, and one leg. Gargoyles are said to protect what they guard from any evil or harmful spirits. (7.5 feet tall x 6.5 feet wingspan)

Waterbird (available) 34” long x 16” tall

Small Branch Table (available) 23” tall x 21.5” diameter

Resolve (sold) This depicts a single mother looking confidently into the future. (23” tall x 18” long)

Cinderella’s Shoe (sold) 6” tall x 10” long

Surprise! (sold) 40” tall

Flauta (sold) The flauta was carved from a sucker branch that is still attached to the base piece of driftwood. (6” x 12”)

Dancing Couple (sold) 26” tall

Jester (sold) 40” tall

Medusa (sold) 15” tall

Hummingbird (sold) 16” tall

Ballerina (sold) 29” tall including base

Angel Appearing (sold) This angel is in the process of appearing at her next mission, so she is not all visible yet. (17” tall)

Icarus Falling (sold) In Greek mythology, Icarus did not listen to his father and flew too close to the sun, melting his wax wings so that he fell from the sky. This sculpture spins to simulate the falling. (27” tall)

Pegasus Unicorn (sold) This proud little steed has no identity issues. (15” tall)

The Immigrant (sold) This androgynous bust is meant to represent immigrants from countries all over the world. (21” tall)

Wine Bottle Holder (NFS) Funky and unusual, it holds four bottles of wine, two glasses, has a hook for a bottle opener, and two shelves.

Little Heron (sold) This delicate little bird was inspired by the waterbirds that Roballo saw running along the beaches in California. (16” tall)

Happy Bird (sold) 23” tall