Grainger McKoy: Black Skimmer

As I was gazing out across a calm, foggy North Edisto, when the sky and water were one, a black skimmer sliced by, inspiring me with its reflection.

The Black Skimmer was Grainger's first "reflective" sculpture. There have been two others: the Least Bittern in 1987 and the Purple Gallinule in 2000. Although not immediately acclaimed, these reflective sculptures have become reference pieces for him.

The highly-polished Skimmer Bracelet in sterling silver is derived from this sculpture.

Black Skimmer: 1983
Basswood, walnut, metal and oil paint
From the Rivers Collection


	Order A Catalogue This sixty-four page color catalogue, with a biographical essay by noted author James Kilgo, was published in 1999 to coincide with Grainger's exhibit at Brookgreen Gardens.			Acquire Sculpture Grainger has cast a number of his original wood sculptures into exquisite bronze and sterling silver limited editions. Created in the traditional lost-wax process, they have the same incredible detail as his wood sculpture.