The Last Bald Eagle

The Last Bald Eagle is a Vintage Collectable Sculpture with history. Created by the artist in late 1999 and early 2000 the Eagle was completed in March 2000 and ready for public display. The very first venue outside the artist's studio was the Quicksilver Mine Co. located in Sebastopol, CA. Unrevised at that time, the Last Bald Eagle hung with other works of art and fellow birds that included The Cocktail Quail, The Goose!, The Spare "0" The Chicken Hawk and Humming Bird. The Eagle became a focal point of that show, with a wing span of almost six and a half feet. He loomed at the entrance in a diving pose. Although a crowd favorite, the Last Bald Eagle would leave that show and fly off to the next venue in search of that new home and final nesting place. Next stop was the Next Level Communications building located in Rohnert Park, CA. In this location the Eagle soared and was raised and displayed from a lofty height of eighteen feet. Suspended from the architectural beams of the building, the Eagle was flying high and illuminated with soft green lights as he hung in place above the crowds of spectating people. After the show opening in October of 2000 the Eagle seemed content in his new space and was admired by many. Several weeks later however THE EAGLE LANDED!. It was a Sunday mourning and there were no witnesses when the Last Bald Eagle crashed to the acid etched concrete floor. It appeared that the "Aircraft" line that was used to suspend the Eagle from the beams had failed to do the job and broke as a result of friction as the Eagle gently spun in the artificial breeze. Would this be the last of The Last Bald Eagle? The Eagle was brought back to the new studio to roost. He had suffered severe structural damage about the wings and elsewhere and a disheartened artist would try to put him back together again. The resurrection of the Last Bald Eagle would take five months time and countless hours to restore. The wing span had to be rebuilt and new components were added. As a result, the newer and improved bird would flaunt a greater wing span of just over eight feet. He was to be revised and, as the artist would say, "live to fly another day". As of this date, April 2001, The Last Bald Eagle (Revised) has landed safely and is nesting with his new owner and flying somewhere in the hills of northern California.