Steel Watercolor No. 162 rises off the ground on thin tendrils which support geometric forms of different shapes and colors. During his lifetime, Fletcher Benton created sculptures that explored his fascination with composition and form. Initially working as a painter in the 1960s, Benton became frustrated by the limitations of paint on canvas. Early experiences in the commercial sign industry inform his expressive abstract metal sculptures, created by cutting, folding, and reconfiguring sheets of metal into three-dimensional forms.