
Page 13 Sept 25 2003
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Picture #1 is a bronze Marquette of "The World's Largest Whitetail Deer sculpture in place at
"Woodlands World in the mountains of western Pennsylvania These awe inspiring sculptures are
20'H by 10'd and 28'L and have been featured on Real tree.com web site. #2 En-ko-shap-kee-ke "Praying"
by Bradley Cooley Jr. is the finished bronze of one of the three that will be kneeling at the Seminole Veterans
wall #3 is still in clay of The Seminole guard.
Picture #1 shows Chairman Mitchell Cypress and Cooley Sculpture Team Bradley Cooley and Bradley Cooley Jr. with their latest commission at the 16th Annual Veterans Day Celebration at Big Cypress Entertainment Complex after the unveiling ceremony of their sculpture recognizing all Seminole Veterans .past , present and future with all their names inscribed on the wall. The wall is a bridge, although a fine thread, between throngs of grievers and the glorified dead. Picture number #2 is the finished bronze showing the traditional , second to right is the color guard and the last being the modern day soldier. These praying warriors live in the heart of each solemn visitor when its time to depart This day also honored the first woman killed in the Iraq war and her family.#3 These recently finished Lions focus on a panoramic view of "Protecting her Pride"
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Here are pictures of the latest project in clay. It is of Seminole War leader Osceola call "Signing of the Treaty" it depicts Osceola at the signing of the treaty. Legend has it that Osceola said " this is how I will sign all treaties." Some say that this never happened but the Treaty has a two inch slice in the middle of it.
Picture # 1 above shows The Unconquered polychrome bronze .Picture # 2 Is the finished bronze ( Winds Of Change ) It is one of a Florida History series that we were commissioned to do for a Corp. Picture #3 is Carla Night working on a number of table top molds . We have her fly in from Oregon when we need a top notch mold maker .