To the left are photographs of a 25" high clay maquette of "The Ascent of Heroism".  This sculpture will be enlarged to 6 ft tall and will include seven high and low relief figures swept up in a swirl of wings and feathers.   

 

 This  inspiring small model will soon be cast in bronze in a limited edition of  50 pieces.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When I've completed sculpting the 6 ft tall version of "The Ascent of Heroism" it will be cast in bronze and installed on a 4 ft tall granite base in a Veterans Circle at Grandview Cemetery in Altoona, Pennsylvania.

For more information about this project click here to read an article in the Altoona Daily Mirror newspaper.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The bronze sculpture includes portraits of veterans buried in Grandview from seven American fought wars: The Revolutionary War, the Civil War, World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the Iraqi conflict.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Highly detailed life size bust in clay of Marilyn Boyette, "Woman of the Century," for installation in Huntington Park, CA City Hall.  Presently being cast in finely finished bronze.