Balance of Nature: Sculptures by Garland Weeks

July 28 to September 30, 2007

Garland A. Weeks can trace his Texan ancestry to 1835, counting to six generations. Though born in Amarillo, Texas, Weeks spent most of his childhood in Wichita Falls. After residing in Colorado for many years, Weeks returned to Lubbock, where he still lives.

Weeks' professional career – over 35 years – has earned him several honors, including two that fulfilled his personal goals as a sculptor: election to full membership in the National Academy of Western Art and in the National Sculpture Society. Additionally, the Texas State Legislature named him Official Sculptor of Texas in 1995, while the National Sculpture Society advanced Weeks to the level of Fellow in 2004.

Weeks' recent commissions include a full-size WWII Infantry soldier memorial in Tyler, Texas, a life-size Revolutionary War memorial honoring General Francis Marion (The Swamp Fox) in Moncks Corner, South Carolina, and a ram's head fountain for Angelo State University. Weeks is currently engaged in several commissions: a public safety memorial comprised of six figures at life-and-a-half scale honoring first responders, a larger-than-life portrait bust of Preston Smith, along with personal sculpting endeavors.

"As a representational, figurative sculptor of the 21st century, I pay homage to the great voices of the sculptors of the past, may of whom are my heroes.

"While I repeatedly come home to the human figure, it is not to the exclusion of other animal and allegorical interests. Variety in subjects stimulates and invigorates the imagination and provides one a wider, more comprehensive view of life – a broader diet of artistic nourishment ... The artist must see what every man has seen and think what no one else has thought.

"I have come to realize and appreciate the never-ending learning curve we artists experience every day, every year, every decade – that's part of the love and fascination we have for our chosen profession." – Garland Weeks, 2007 

Bunkhouse Vigilante
Bronze
23 by 16 by 15 inches high
$6,950

Bunkhouse Vigilante, maquette
Bronze
7-1/2 by 5-1/4 by 5-1/2 inches high
$450

Balance of Nature #I
Bronze
10 by 4-1/2 by 5 inches high
$675

Balance of Nature #II
Bronze
11 by 3 by 3-3/4 inches high
$550

Balance of Nature #III
Bronze
6-1/2 by 4 by 4-1/2 inches high
$550

Nature's Food Chain
Bronze
13 by 3-3/4 by 2-1/2 inches high
$550

Desert Dessert
Bronze
6-1/2 by 3-1/2 by 3 inches high
$550

Pecan Delight
Bronze
4-1/2 by 3-1/2 by 3-1/4 inches high
$300

Victor's Spoils!!
Bronze
4-3/4 by 2-3/4 by 4-1/2 inches high
$300

Blind Squirrel Award
Bronze
7 by 4 by 9-1/4 inches high
Not For Sale

Blizzard Drifters
Bronze
3 by 2 by 3 inches high
$150

El Cantora
Bronze
5 by 2-1/2 by 8 inches high
$600

Broncs, Bows & Wild West Shows
Bronze
11 by 10-1/2 by 15 inches high
Not For Sale
On loan, courtesy of David and Cindy Brown, Lubbock, Texas

Study of a Certified Mutt
Bronze
5-1/2 by 4-3/4 by 17-1/2 inches high
$950

Whistlin' Up Frank & Jesse
Bronze
12 by 4 by 19-1/2 inches high
Not For Sale

Too Wet to Plow
Bronze
12 by 12 by 18 inches high
Not For Sale

Between Broncs, maquette
Bronze
6-1/2 by 4 by 6-1/2 inches high
$600

Burnt Hair and Beechnut
Bronze
3 by 4 by 9-1/2 inches high
$600

Buffalo Skull Bookend
Resin*
6 by 7 by 7-1/2 inches high
$1,500 each

*Orders for this sculpture will be specially cast in bronze.

Longhorn Skull Bookend
Resin*
6 by 8 by 7-1/2 inches high
$1,500 each

*Orders for this sculpture will be specially cast in bronze.

Sunshine Sliders
Bronze
8-1/4 by 9 by 7-3/4 inches high
$1,500

Burrucho
Resin*
20 by 6 by 15-1/2 inches high
$3,500

*Orders for this sculpture will be specially cast in bronze.

Totally Organic, Bookend
Resin*
6 by 6 by 8 inches high
$1,500 each

*Orders for this sculpture will be specially cast in bronze.

Progenitor
Bronze
15 by 31 by 15 inches high
$2,950

CEO of the Remuda
Bronze
6 by 4-1/2 by 21 inches high
$2,600

The Right Stuff
Bronze
8 by 20 by 22 inches high
NRHC Collection

Between Broncs
Bronze
42 by 39 by 49 inches high
NRHC Collection

Bison Skull Paperweight
Bronze
2 by 2 by 2 inches high
$75

Dung Beetle Paperweight
Bronze
1-1/2 by 1-1/2 by 1-1/2 inches high
$50

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