Jon Koehler Sculpture
Monumental Art Gallery
‘Horizons’
‘Voyage’
‘Horizons’ & 'Voyage’
Title: ‘Horizons’ and ‘Voyage’
Year Installed: 2025
Dimensions: 10’ H × 3’ W
Medium: stainless steel element and base
Finish: figure elements brushed and base painted black
Current Location: “Aqua” cruise ship, Norwegian Cruise Line
Commissioning Agency: Norwegian Cruise Line via Avant Gallery
Commissioned by Norwegian Cruise Line via Avant Gallery, “Horizons” and “Voyage” are twin monumental stainless steel sculptures created for the Aqua cruise ship—each standing 10 feet tall on a 3-foot round base. Together, they embody the spirit of exploration, movement, and possibility that defines life at sea.
Horizons captures the expansive potential of the open ocean, its fluid forms rising upward like a beacon that invites travelers to look forward, dream bigger, and embrace the unknown.
Voyage complements this vision with buoyant, inflated-like shapes that appear to challenge the rigidity of metal, symbolizing transformation, fluidity, and the continual motion of a journey unfolding.
Installed as public art aboard Aqua, the pair serves as landmarks of inspiration—reflecting the beauty, vastness, and boundless opportunities of maritime travel. Individually expressive yet deeply connected, they offer a dynamic dialogue about discovery, movement, and the human pull toward what lies beyond the horizon.
The sketch - taking shape
Horizons and Voyage prepping the material
The sculptures form starts to develop
That is a lot of welding...
and more welding for these 10 ft sculptures
Final details before mounting
First time looking up at them.
Onto the base....
'Horizons' packed next up 'Voyage'
Final wipe down before shipping
Off to Italy to meet "Aqua" NCL cruise ship
'Voyage' installed
'Horizons' installed. What an honor.