Grainger McKoy: Gamecock

During the American Revolution, the British labeled my county's namesake, General Thomas Sumter, as "The Gamecock" because of his tenacity in battle. To celebrate Sumter County's 200th anniversary and to honor the General, I was commissioned to sculpt a gamecock. The bird I chose to carve is known as a Brown Red Cock, and I was assured by the locals that his ancestors would have been strutting in our area long before our General did.

Gamecock: 2000
Basswood, bronze, and Oil Paint
Collection of Sumter County, South Carolina


	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.