#687 Wild Turkey Review

This week's blog celebrates the Wild Turkey.

Below, are images of drawings, etchings, sculpture, and photos depicting America's Wild Turkey.

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 Tom

 Jake

Turkey Bookends

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See post #616

Blog, text, photos, drawings, and sculpture . . . © Sandy Scott and Trish

# 678 "Wild 100" at the National Museum of Wildlife Art

Note: We are now posting once a week on Monday.

Trish and I just returned from the opening of "Wild 100" art show and sale at the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson, Wyoming.  I exhibited two new sculptures in the show:  Shown below is "Tom" (Wild Turkey) and "M'Bogo" . . .  which is the Swahili word for African Buffalo.  I also exhibited one etching - "Bull Moose".

Tom

M'Bogo

Bull Moose



We drove over Togwotee Pass in a snowstorm last Thursday and returned with beautiful, clear fall weather.
Mid-September is always glorious in the Tetons and Jackson Hole.
Below, are images and memories of this year's return to the "Wild 100".


Below, my work for the exhibition was spotlighted in the museum's magazine:  "Western Visions"/




Below, are images of my sculpture on the museum's sculpture trail.

Below, a group gathered at the museum to celebrate Jane Smith: Jane and Red were great friends of Carl Rungius and Jane was a patron of the museum.  We all toasted their incredible lives with Jane, Red, and Carl's favorite drink . . . a Manhattan!  Pictured are Sue Simpson Gallagher and Bill Kerr;  Veerla and Kent Ullberg with Joffa Kerr;  and yours truly.

A highlight of the weekend was spending time with Debbie Petersen . . .  the delightful and art impassioned
chairman of the National Museum of Wildlife Board of Trustees.

Below, are images taken as we left the beautiful valley heading back over the Togwotee Pass.
The scenes in my rearview mirror resulted in many photo-op stops as we

#634 Wild Turkeys at Brookgreen Gardens

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brookgreen.org

Brookgreen Gardens, located in Murrell's Inlet, South Carolina is an accredited museum boasting the the largest and most important collection of American figurative sculpture in existence.  I recently returned from there and am still under the spell of beautiful Brookgreen.  While the sculpture collection is paramount, the 9,000 acre grounds are an award winning horticulture masterpiece and home to an accredited zoo and aviary.  Over the years, I've come to know Brookgreen well 

and upon entering the grounds - especially in the early morning - I'm sure to encounter free ranging 

Wild Turkeys which is the subject of this and the next two blog posts.

For many years I have visited Brookgreen and continue to know it as an "in the field" experience. . . 

a camera and sketchbook is always close by and I've accumulated lots of photos and drawings of Wild Turkeys.

Below, are photos taken last month at Brookgreen.

Below, is a new sculpture entitled "Tom".  Also shown,  is the clay model in progress before the mold was made.

Additional images are shown of the bronze sculpture during the patina process at the foundry.
The patina was achieved with the following chemicals:  Liver of sulfur, cupric nitrate, and ferric nitrate.

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#632 "The Power of Three" at the Cheryl Newby Gallery

Last month on Saturday evening, April 25 I attended the gala opening of "The Power of Three" at the Cheryl Newby Gallery located in Pawley's Island, South Carolina.  The exhibition presents twenty four works by three figurative sculptors:  Amy Kann, Gwenn Marcus, and me.  Each of us have very different styles and approach to our work.

In the words of gallery founder and owner, Cheryl Newby:  "Art serves as a channel of expression to release, elevate, and understand our innermost conflicts, as well as our aspirations, hopes, and ideals. I like to believe that humans see art and take it in; like breathing, subconsciously it affects us.  The POWER to communicate is what it's all about".

Below, is a picture of the three of us with Cheryl Newby in the beautiful gallery on April 25, images from the "Power of Three" catalogue, and additional photos and memories of our opening night.  The exhibition runs until May 23, 2015.

Gwen Marcus, Sandy, Amy Kann, Cheryl Newby

 Tom
13"H 10"W 8"D

 Gwen Marcus and Trish

Green Back Heron
11"H 13"W 10"D

All works were beautifully placed with room to walk around the pedestals.
Some sculptures were displayed on furniture . . . as one would envision in a home environment.

To view the exhibition, go to www.cherylnewbygallery.com

11096 Ocean Highway

Pawley's Island, South Carolina

(843) 979-0149 

Fred and Cheryl Newby are elected patrons of the National Sculpture Society.  In the show catalogue she writes:  

"Amy Kann, Gwenn Marcus, and Sandy Scott are each elected Fellows of the National Sculpture Society.  The NSS promotes the knowledge of excellence in sculpture inspired by the natural world.  Its members create, interpret, exhibit, collect, and support the evolving tradition in American sculpture.  NSS is a not-for-profit  organization whose members include some of the world's finest sculptors, architects, are historians, conservators and other allied professionals."

www.nationalsculpture.org

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