RARE! Vintage JIM THOMAS "OLD BREED" Bronze Texas Longhorn Head
SIGNED #288
Jim Thomas of Jonestown, Texas has been a
professional sculptor for more than 44 years, having won the Texas Cowboy
Artists Association Gold Medal three times. He is published in "XIT - The
American Cowboy" as well as many art journals. Thomas operated Jim Thomas
Bronze Studio, Inc. his sculpture studio/foundry on the north shore of Lake
Travis, northwest of Austin. His media include most metals, carved stone, fine
woods and composites. An avid sailor, he has built numerous wooden sailboats
which he uses on Lake Travis and in the Gulf of Mexico, off the Texas coast.
Thomas is noted for his monumental bronze sculptures across the
United States and for his commissioned architectural art installations in many
parks, institutions and private residences, including four Cancer Survivor
Plazas near major medical centers (Houston, Texas, Cleveland, Ohio, Columbus,
Ohio and New Orleans, Louisiana. He commissioned a full scale
44-figure bronze Chisholm Trail Drive Park for the City of Round Rock, Texas.
Thomas
is also a member of TSOS, Texas Society of Sculptors, DFAC, Austin Diocese Fine
Arts Council, and AARC, Austin Architectural Artisans Collaborative.
He
also has been commissioned to do numerous stone and bronze monumental
sculptures and many liturgical functional art pieces such as stone and cast
bronze baptismal fonts, altars and candle stands for numerous churches across
the United States as well as producing many unique metal, glass and wood entry
doors for custom residences in numerous states.