
Ray Kobald
To view Kobald's work is an invitation to explore a mystery. Some figures hide behind masks. Some look up under head coverings. All suggest a story. As writer Elizabeth Johnston tells us, "Their attention is reverently engaged in a vastness we cannot see."
Kobald is a nationally known sculptor living and working in St. Charles, Illinois.
His love of art led him to earn a degree in Industrial Art and Design, with a minor in Fine Arts. A painter and printmaker as well as a sculptor, Kobald taught art for many years all the while pursuing his own work in woodcrafts, painting, and sculpture.
After earning his Master's of Fine Arts degree, Kobald worked as the Senior Interior Designer for Northern Illinois University while teaching art and design part-time at Waubonsee Community College.
For the past many years, Kobald has devoted all of his time to creating whimsical and Native American-influenced art in mixed media and bronze sculptures. His work is highly sought and collected, including in monumental size.
![]() PlightBronze 30"h x 8"w x 6.5"d $4,800 | ![]() Plight - back view |
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![]() Plight side view | ![]() Rebirth of ACIBronze in two sizes: 24" h 72" h |
![]() Rebirth of ACI back detailBronze | ![]() Ode to a Fish back viewBronze 16"h |
![]() Like the Stars ForeverBronze: 2 sizes 34" h 11 3/4" h | ![]() Like the Stars Forever back viewBronze in two sizes: 11 3/4" h 34" h |
![]() Silent WhispersBronze 24" h | ![]() Buffalo ManBronze: 16" h |
![]() This Land is my HomeBronze 33 1/2" h | ![]() Majestic SolitudeBronze 21" high |
![]() Majestic SolitudeBronze |