Title: Javelina, by Mark Rossi
Location: Entryway to Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Details: Bronze
He Said:
These are out a bit from town, but I included them anyway. Strictly
speaking they are free to view, since they are before the entrance to
ASDM. There are a number of other bronze sculptures right around that
area that you can see, too: horned lizards, chuckwalla, other
javelinas, including one that's a giant "piggy bank." All of them are
well done, with the creatures in naturalistic poses and looking
realistic in shape and size.
She Said:
These bronze javelinas are really very good. Mark Rossi, the sculptor,
creates wonderful images of wildlife, many of which can be found in and
around Tucson. In this particular grouping, there are several of the
animals, a situation that's fairly typical of javelinas in the wild (or
in your backyard, as far as that goes!). The figures are quite
realistic and more or less life size, depicting these collared
peccaries in faithful detail. You can easily imagine them chomping on
cactus pads, or chowing down on your petunias! I especially like the
figures of the small "reds" - the baby javelinas, so named for their
coloration at birth. Hats off to Mark Rossi for his sensitivity to
nature and to his creativity. And kudos to the Arizona Sonora Desert
Museum for supporting such a talent.
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