Basswood model

"Art is a human activity consisting in this, that one man, consciously, by means of certain external signs, hands on to others feelings he has lived through, and that other people are infected by these feelings, and also experience them." — Tolstoi

This is the second of three large covey rise sculptures Grainger created since 1981. That first sculpture can be seen here.

Nine Quail Rising: 1992    
Basswood, metal, and oil paint
Collection of Mr. Ogden Phipps