Rabbit Run
Type:Sculpture
Size:24.50" x 24.50" x 2.00"
Medium:Bronze
Signed:Signed
Edition:4/10
Walter Matia ART FOR SALE
Born 1953 Cleveland, Ohio. Known for: Wildlife sculpture-birds and sporting dogs, fountains.
Maryland-based wildlife sculptor Walter Matia, born in 1953, got an early start at paying attention to creatures that soar, crawl or hide in the grass. He was raised near a wooded park in a Cleveland... Read full biography
Maryland-based wildlife sculptor Walter Matia, born in 1953, got an early start at paying attention to creatures that soar, crawl or hide in the grass. He was raised near a wooded park in a Cleveland suburb and says his boyhood days were filled with "bird-watching, botanizing, log flipping and... Read full biography
Maryland-based wildlife sculptor Walter Matia, born in 1953, got an early start at paying attention to creatures that soar, crawl or hide in the grass. He was raised near a wooded park in a Cleveland suburb and says his boyhood days were filled with "bird-watching, botanizing, log flipping and collecting." As an avid duck hunter, he has experienced "a lifetime of icy mornings, blistered feet, mosquitoes, torrid afternoons, chapped hands, wonderful dinners and the companionship of great and... Read full biography
Maryland-based wildlife sculptor Walter Matia, born in 1953, got an early start at paying attention to creatures that soar, crawl or hide in the grass. He was raised near a wooded park in a Cleveland suburb and says his boyhood days were filled with "bird-watching, botanizing, log flipping and collecting." As an avid duck hunter, he has experienced "a lifetime of icy mornings, blistered feet, mosquitoes, torrid afternoons, chapped hands, wonderful dinners and the companionship of great and knowledgeable friends"all of which he eventually translated into his art. Matia's early artistic leanings were encouraged by his parents and teachers. Art museums were a familiar part of life. From high school until a year or two after college, he spent... Read full biography
Maryland-based wildlife sculptor Walter Matia, born in 1953, got an early start at paying attention to creatures that soar, crawl or hide in the grass. He was raised near a wooded park in a Cleveland suburb and says his boyhood days were filled with "bird-watching, botanizing, log flipping and collecting." As an avid duck hunter, he has experienced "a lifetime of icy mornings, blistered feet, mosquitoes, torrid afternoons, chapped hands, wonderful dinners and the companionship of great and knowledgeable friends"all of which he eventually translated into his art. Matia's early artistic leanings were encouraged by his parents and teachers. Art museums were a familiar part of life. From high school until a year or two after college, he spent every summer working in the exhibits department of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, where details of wildlife a... Read full biography
Walter Matia - Art for Sale (4 available)
Winter World
Type:Sculpture
Size:15.00" x 15.00" x 12.00"
Medium:Bronze
Signed:Signed
Edition:10/20
Mixed Double
Type:Sculpture
Year:2010
Size:57.00" x 43.00" x 27.00"
Medium:Bronze
Signed:Signed and Dated
Notes:
Available in Copley's upcoming Winter Sale to be held February 21-22, as lot 60 with a $12,000-$18,000 estimate. For more information, visit www.copleyart.com or email leah@copleyart.com.
West With the Wind
Type:Sculpture
Size:35.00" x 28.00" x 18.00"
Medium:Bronze
Signed:Signed