David Stromeyer

In 2014, Stromeyer continues to create large scale sculptures at Cold Hollow Iron Works. Some fifty or so finished works are sited in the five meadows. Other sculptures are assembled at remote locations, for example a recent installation at the Emerson Umbrella Center for the Arts in Concord .

In the 1970s, Stromeyer’s created sculptures of unfinished steel, influenced by Russian Constructivists and artists such as David Smith and Mark di Suvero.” but gradually began to include more fluidity in his work. His designs have been compared to those of architect Zaha Hadid.

In 1970, Stromeyer purchased a 200-acre former dairy farm in Northern Vermont’s Cold Hollow Mountains, ten miles from the Canada–US border. After briefly working in the existing horse barn, he constructed a large studio with multiple overhead cranes, and designed a large hydraulic press for cold-forming heavy steel plates. He then began to work on larger, more architectural sculptures. He called his studio and the surrounding meadows “Cold Hollow Iron Works”, a name which reflects the influence of sculptor David Smith, whose workshop was called “Terminal Iron Works.”

David Stromeyer (born 1946) is an American abstract sculptor who is best known for his large-scale, outdoor, painted steel sculptures. He currently resides in Enosburg Falls, Vermont, and Austin, Texas, with his wife, Sarah. His work can be found in Smithsonian American Art Museum, DeCordova Sculpture and Art Museum, Overland Park, Strathmore Hall Sculpture Garden in Bethesda, Cornell University, Plattsburgh State University, and corporate and private collections across the country.