MOTHER AND CHILD

Bronze

7 feet high

The sculpture is shown (clockwise) in 2026, just after installation 1982, and unfinished.

This monumental piece was commissioned for the City of Costa Mesa community center now called the Costa Mesa-Donald Dungan Library complex. The maternal theme embodies the importance of family and community.

My work centers on states of human consciousness and capturing the eternal struggle of the human spirit to emerge to a higher plane, marked by a deeper capacity for understanding and love.

Robert Ortlieb

1925-2011