Prairie Spring

Medium

Bronze, lost-wax cast, walnut base

Dimensions

16 × 22 × 12 in

A bull bison drops his head to a shallow prairie spring, one hoof breaking the surface. The woolly cape and mane were worked into the wax by hand before casting; the rippled bronze water is finished in a lighter patina so the light moves across it. Mounted on a hand-turned walnut base.