Attentiveness

Attentiveness


16″ x 16″ x 24″
Ceramic, wood base

This Saint Francis is modeled after a photo taken by James Frazier of a stone sculpture by Frank Gaylord. Usually Francis is depicted as a small fragile fellow, ascetic if not gaunt. Not this time. Gaylord has carved a massive figure, bent over, legs spread, attentive to … if not communicating with … a small bird. The juxtaposition of the two is striking.

Gaylord’s stone carving stands in the St Peter and Paul Cemetery, Naperville, Illinois