Curlew Castings

Bobwhite and California Quail

2012-01-24T15:54:00.005-05:00

A nature centerpiece with Bobwhite or California quail, a pine branch, pine cones, pine boughs and maple leaves. Artfully arrange these lifesize quail to create your own nature scape for inside or outside year round enjoyment. There are four Bobwhite quail and two California quail, two sizes of pine bough a single candle pine cone and a double candle pine branch. Call for pricing on individual sculptures or a grouping.

Tolling Ducks

2011-10-14T12:36:00.003-04:00

Nine life size tolling Mallard ducks

installed on a stone two story lobby wall.

New Sporting Birds and Dogs

2011-10-14T12:25:00.006-04:00

"Wood Ducks"

"Pointer Setter Bookends"

"Pheasant Pair"

"The Truth of the Moment" English Setter

Dogs, Dogs, Dogs

2011-05-02T10:20:00.001-04:00

Working on new dogs, a few new Pointers, Setters and Spaniels.

Twelve Foot American Bald Eagle

2011-05-02T10:07:00.003-04:00

A twelve foot American Bald Eagle stands at both

entrances of the MetroPark Office complex,

ING Corporate Headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia.

For Spacious Skies

2011-04-06T11:26:00.003-04:00

Gonzaga High School in Washington, DC is home to "For Spacious Skies" a seven foot American Bald Eagle. On Eagles Wings was installed in the main courtyard and dedicated March 31, 2010.

Huntsmans Treasure Box

2010-12-16T14:26:00.006-05:00

Huntsmans Treasure Box

hand made felt lined box in lite or dark cherry

with bronze Setter/Pointer/Hound/Fox

10"l x 7"d x3"h

Quail & Dove Sconce

2010-09-28T15:59:00.008-04:00

Mourning Dove Wall Sconce available single/pair

Bobwhite Quail Wall Sconce available single/pair

13"H x 12"W x 8"D

ed 48

Sun Burst Quail Fire Screen

2010-09-28T15:52:00.007-04:00

"Sunburst" quail free standing fire screen with late summer sun flower heads. Custom made to fit up to a 42" fire box opening, also available with opening doors similar to the Ruffed Grouse Fire Screen on http://www.matia.com/

Crane Andiron Pair

2010-09-28T15:46:00.006-04:00

Sandhill Crane Andiron Pair are 28" high and 6" wide with detachable log holders. The patina is a mahogony brown, edition is 24.

Concept to Reality

2010-05-12T13:39:00.002-04:00

You probably can't see it yet, but Walter is sculpting a feeding Sandhill Crane. The sculpture is designed for a set of fireplace irons to fit a six foot wide fireplace, yes they make them that big in Texas. Follow this blog to see updated images as this sculpture idea evolves from concept to andiron.

For Spacious Skies

2010-05-12T13:30:00.003-04:00

A new American Bald Eagle is complete and ready to cast. Titled "For Spacious Skies" this eagle is 81"tall, 38"long and 48"deep. With the same raised wing span as the first Eagle it is similar in design but more ornamental then monumental in use. For info or additional images call or email.

American Bald Eagle Monument Sculpture

2010-03-25T11:43:00.003-04:00

Final patina and shipping to Virgina for final installation.
Twelve foot American Bald Eagle

Twelve Foot American Bald Eagle

2010-02-23T15:35:00.002-05:00

Two twelve foot American Bald Eagles are almost complete at the Oregon Valley Bronze foundry. Lots to do as all the metal pieces are cast and welded back together creating the finished bronze. Each Eagle stands independant with an elaborate internal steel support structure. It will continue to be welded, sanded and adjusted before the finishing patina is applied.

Peace Be With You

2009-12-10T14:59:00.003-05:00

Mourning Doves on a elegant Maple branch makes a perfect table centerpiece. A beautiful, colorful patina shows off the maple leaves. A medium size sculpture, 22"long x 12"high x 12" deep, ed 36.

The Fine Art of Sculpting Wax

2009-12-10T14:36:00.002-05:00

Working out the details of a new project. The Red Fox can be both simple and elegant in its form. This small fox sculpture will be a trophy piece for a fox hunting club.

American Bald Eagle Monument Sculpture

2009-09-03T15:37:00.000-04:00

The American Bald Eagle Monument sculpture is almost completed. Fine tuning the surface areas and detailing points of interest. By the middle of September the eagle will be cut into pieces and delivered to Baltimore, Maryland where it will be molded. The molds will be shipped to Valley Bronze in Joseph, Oregon for the bronze casting. When the bronze sculpture is finished, two of the eagles will be trucked back for their final installation in Northern Virginia.

Southern Comfort

2009-09-03T15:21:00.004-04:00

Fall 2009
Flushing Bobwhite Quail Wall bronze
23"l x 19"h x 10"d
Edition 24

The Lightness of Being

2009-09-03T15:17:00.003-04:00

Fall 2009
Mourning Dove Wall bronze
26.5"l x 21.5"h x 8.5"d
Edition 24

American Bald Eagle

2009-07-29T14:46:00.005-04:00

Monumental Eagle Sculpture

2009-06-16T14:31:00.005-04:00

Update on the American Bald Eagle Project. The form is almost complete and wax will soon cover the foam creating the texture and detail. The eagle is twelve feet high and seven feet long with a base footprint of three by three feet. The project is on schedule to install a pair of the eagles at a Company headquarters in Virginia by December 2009

Sportsmans Place Card Holders

2009-05-04T12:18:00.003-04:00

English Setters, English Pointers, Pheasant,
Grouse and Quail
Set of Six
$1800.00

Mallard Wall Sconce

2009-01-27T12:01:00.002-05:00

Created from the Flooded Timber Mallards, the Mallard Sconce is 22"h x 17"w x 14"d and can be used with or without lighting.

"Royal Flush"

2009-01-27T11:57:00.004-05:00

Oak foliage from the Flooded Timber Mallards with five Bobwhite Quail creates a beautiful wall sculpture 32"l x 19"h x 10"d .

"Ladies in Waiting"

2009-01-27T11:49:00.004-05:00

"Ladies in Waiting"

Three Small English Setters

5-6" high x 16"L

Edition 36

$3500.00

2008-12-18T15:40:00.001-05:00

Tolling Ducks

2008-12-18T15:33:00.006-05:00

A smooth installation for seven flying Mallard and Pintail Ducks.

Valley Bronze Foundry

2008-12-04T13:55:00.001-05:00

Final wall arrangement and patina for Tolling Ducks; seven life size Mallard and Pintail ducks decending through fall foliage.

Coming in, Green Timber Hunting Lodge

2008-11-24T13:11:00.005-05:00

Seven ducks descending through sculpted branches of fall foliage will be installed on the stone wall of a private hunting lodge in December. Several new sculptures are in the works incorporating the ducks, fall foliage and quail.

Every Dog Has His Day

2008-11-20T15:52:00.002-05:00

A string of pointers and setters waiting for the
hunt, titled "Every Dog Has His Day".

2008 Fall Roundup

2008-11-19T14:23:00.000-05:00

Each year about this time, I put together mental lists of what was accomplished over the preceding annum. In some cases it is in the vain hope that I can get one more piece to the foundry; other times, I’m trying to decide what will be sent to next Springs’ art shows in Denver, Los Angeles and Oklahoma City; less exciting is the thought of preparing for the last quarterly tax deposit and closing the books for the accountants. Most years I am pleasantly surprised at the productivity; this year I just wonder where the heck the time went.

In college, one of my professors would end each studio art critique with an indelible marking pen circling weak sections of my latest “masterpiece” and the accompanying words “Well Ok, but next time, bigger, better and faster”. Distance and I hope some maturity clarified this message or at least softened the initial impact. Time has also, changed the target. “Bigger”, not that important; “Better” absolutely, but how better?; “Faster” ah, there is the rub, nothing happens very quickly any more except the speed my kids outgrow clothes.

So with that introduction, what did get done this year?

A Pit Bull “Nobody’s Angel”. (Conceived and completed well before the words “Pit bull, lipstick and hockey mom” were used in the same sentence.) Some revisions and redesign for the Ruffed Grouse Fire screen and early sketches for a Bobwhite Quail screen; a set of bronze place card holders, seven small models in all; ruffed grouse, pheasant, setters, pointers and pair of quail; (an indulgence, too delicate for my old eyes and too expensive to cast, but fun to make); at the other extreme, a huge and complicated wall piece with seven life size ducks descending a stone chimney through sculpted fall foliage. A new bobwhite quail sculpture “Steady to Wing”. Some bas relief sculptures of medallions to be struck this winter to help raise money for the Rolling Plains Quail Research Ranch. A new life size pointer “Inherit the Wind” which is actually the first half of a pair of dogs to be finished next year…... Not a bad list really.

What’s on the “to do” list? Well, first I hope to get the young lab out in the duck marsh before I forget how to use a shot gun and the dog thinks that orange dummies are the only thing she was bred to retrieve. A string of five English pointers on a stake out line is currently on the sculpting stand. I have wanted to do this piece for three years and now its time has come. A piece from the end of a fox hunt, “Counting Them In” is percolating in my head; I don’t know if I know enough to do this piece yet, but the research starts this month., the hounds are so powerful and wild that they will be a nice counterpoint to the delicate bird dogs. An outdoor entrance piece of an American Eagle is somewhere on the schedule and a few more shorebirds to scratch that ever present itch.

Enjoy the Fall and the upcoming Holidays.