Charles W. Watson

Tree sculpture by Charles W. Watson, 1974, Foster Botanical Garden, Honolulu, Hawaii

Charles W. Watson (August 30, 1915 in Guelph, Ontario, Canada – April 20, 2002 in Kaneohe, Hawaii),^[1] also known as Chuck Watson is an American sculptor. His son Mark Watson is also a Hawaii-based sculptor.^[2] Honolulu Museum of Art Spalding House (formerly The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu) is among the public collections holding work by Charles Watson. His sculptures in public places include:^[3]

• To the Nth Power, 1971, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii
• Pueo, 1980, Kaimuki High School, Honolulu, Hawaii
• Ka Mea Kuʻi ʻUpena, 1989, intersection of South King Street & Kapiolani Boulevard, Honolulu, Hawaii
• Giraffe (1959) and Ostrich (1960), Honolulu Zoo, Honolulu, Hawaii
• Hawaiian with ʻO ʻO, 1978, Hawaiian Dredging & Construction Company, 614 Kapahulu Avenue, Honolulu, Hawaii
• Mahiole (Feathered helmet), 1983, pair of stone sculptures, The Halekulani Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii
• Tree, 1974, Foster Botanical Garden, Honolulu, Hawaii

References

• Charles W. Watson in the Art Inventories Catalog of the Smithsonian American Art Museum
• Hawaii Artreach, “Art in Public Places”, Vol. 15, Nos. 3 & 4, Winter 2001, p. 13.
• Radford, Georgia & Warren Radford, Sculpture in the Sun: Hawaii's Art for Open Spaces, Honolulu, University Press of Hawaii, 1978, 58.

Footnotes

1. Wright, Walter (22 April 2002). "Charles Watson, sculptor and construction executive, dead at 86". Honolulu Advertiser. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
2. Hawaii Artreach, 2001, p. 13
3. Art Inventories Catalog of the Smithsonian American Art Museum