"Up a Creek" (detail)
1997
71 x 46 x 36
Aluminum, Bronze, and Oak
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
One autumn, Michael and I spent many days hunting and had become attuned to any "squirrelly" movements in the forest. Poking our heads over a steep river bank, we discovered and startled a granddaddy fox squirrel. Instead of choosing a dry escape route, he ran to the end of an oak that had fallen half way across the water. Momentarily, he clung to some dangling twigs, then surprised us by leaping into the river and swimming to the other side. He must have swam twenty yards. For a squirrel, he was a pretty good swimmer.