Wayne Summerhill

Wayne Summerhill moved to Hot Springs in 2005 from Memphis to live and work as a sculptor.  He had visited often and wanted to establish a studio and living space under one roof.  Summerhill has been creating metal art for over thirty years

Wayne’s steel sculpture is often functional - tables, chairs and stools, but his real pleasure comes from creating his unique “people” and from his larger works that are inspired by music.  He has included guitars that he fashions of steel and are reproductions of those used by many famous musicians – Elvis, Jimi Hendrix, Carl Perkins and Roy Orbison – to name a few.  He has also created a steel piano in one of the large works titled “50 Years of Rock N’ Roll”. The Hard Rock Corporation commissioned three of the music inspired sculptures that are displayed in their Miami location.

Most recently, Wayne’s sculpture “Winds from the South” was purchased for inclusion in the permanent public collection for the City of Hot Springs.