On it's way to bronze....

John's been working on this big horn sheep sculpture on and off for about a year. Currently it's in clay, but it's just about ready to go to the foundry to be bronzed.

 

 

 

 

I'll let John tell you about his work...

We see the sheep quite often around Gardiner and their acrobatic rock climbing skills are amazing to watch.  For a creature that is built like a small bulldozer to leap from ledge to ledge, climb almost vertical cliff faces and bound around like a ballerina on the high wire makes it a challenging subject to depict.  The vertical composition of this piece strives to show not only the amazing build and beauty of big horn sheep, but also the intense vertical geology of their daily habitat.  It will make a great addition to the gallery... we'll have to display it on a HIGH shelf.

Our Yellowstone Zoo

- photos out our windows -

We're still watching eagles a lot on the Yellowstone River.

This one caught a fish - right before I had my camera, of course!

 

I was hoping the eagle would fly a little higher,
in front of this bison herd that was across the river.
Then I could have got them in the same shot!

Just outside our "Zoo" in Gardiner Montana...

Living along the northern migration route for bison, there are a lot outside Yellowstone Park in our area right now...out our windows, and walking down the road too...

That's the Roosevelt Arch (north entrance to Yellowstone) in the background.

Only attempt this shot from the safety of your car.

AND,

Just in case you might think we've been 'resting on our laurels' after the studio project - (you must not know us well enough yet!)

Here's a peek at the current building project....

A greenhouse!

 

With our great southern exposure here on the property - we HAD to! Oriented south to capture as much solar energy as we can, we built it into the bank with rock walls. Hopefully, that mass will hold the heat in during the cold winter months. And in the summer, the vented windows and doors will let the breezes cool it off.....theoretically. We hope to be testing it out VERY soon!