This life-size bronze sculpture of Andy Warhol was done in 2005 by Jack Dowd, a localSarasota artist who creates paintings and sculptures of artists, celebrities, and everydaypeople with a very human-like feel to them, and his figures are imbued with a satiric, butaffectionate touch. You can see that in the Warhol sculpture here.Born in New York in 1938, Jack was inspired by his father and took up sketching anddrawing at an early age. He started sculpting in the ’70s, when he lived in Plainfield,Vermont. He began with a chainsaw and blocks of wood, then started working in claybecause it was more flexible: he used wire mesh to build a form, molded the clayaround it and made a model, turned that into a rubber mold, and cast bronze or gypsumcement figures from the mold, and his sculptures have a touch of whimsy, avant-gardeand folk art all combined in one piece.Jack moved to Sarasota in 1982 and has a private studio here called Moon River. Hehas had many solo exhibitions sponsored by museums and art centers across thecountry, including the Florida State Museum of Fine Art, Jacksonville’s Museum ofModern Art, and the Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Florida, which drew 40,000visitors and was the best attended opening in the museum’s history.The Warhol sculpture is signed and dated “Jack Down 2005 AP3” on the back side, nearthe back pocket, and the Warhol sculpture stands 70 inches tall, with an 18 inchdiameter base.