This superb sculpture captures a covey of quail bursting out of cover and taking to the air.
The artist not only captures in meticulous detail everything from the birds' plumage to the twisting foliage, he manages to portray in metal their movement and grace. You can almost hear the sound of the birds' outspread wings as the quail take flight.
Entitled "Heading for New Cover," this outstanding example of wildlife art is by Utah artist Clark Bronson.
Born in 1939 in Utah, the son of a game warden, Clark Bronson grew up with a keen observation of wildlife. He attended the University of Utah and studied for three years under famed American illustrator Arnold Friberg. In 1960, Bronson was commissioned by the Utah Game and Fish Commission to do illustrations. His detailed and realistic watercolors and drawings of wildlife soon gained him admiration and accolades. By 1969 he was recognized as one of the leading wildlife painters in America. His illustrations appeared in a wide variety of of outdoors and sport magazines, as well as books. Bronson started sculpting in 1969, transferring his artistic skills to three dimensions, his meticulously detailed sculptures capturing the beauty and movement of the animals and birds he portrayed. Bronson died in 2020.
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