Harold F. Clayton

Infobox Artist
name = Harold F. Clayton
birthdate = May, 1954
nationality = USA
field = sculpture, stone carving
training = Italy
works = marble cows

Harold F. Clayton (Born May, 1954) is a noted sculptor and stone-carver, best known for several sets of life-size sculptures of cows on display at various public sites in Texas.

.cite web
url = http://stonecarversguild.com/m_clayton.htm
title = Stone Carvers Guild - Member: Harold F. Clayton]

While still in Italy, Clayton accepted a commission for four sets of five marble cows from for the Trammell Crow Company, a large Dallas real estate development concern. Three of the sets now stand in Texas at the Arboretum at Great Hills in Austin, at Las Colinas in Irving, and at Trinity Lake Park in Dallas. The fourth set is in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A sculpture of a half completed cow, emerging from stone, sits in Clayton's front yard in Dallas.

The cows at these sites stand where live cows actually grazed in the recent past. In fact, the models for the sculptures were made in 1980 from cows standing on the hill where the Las Colinas cows now appear to graze. Each cow required four tons of marble.cite web
url = http://www.visitdallas-fortworth.com/pdfs/SculptureTour.pdf
title = A Tour of Outdoor Sculptures and Public Art] The cows at the Arboretum site are much loved by children.

Clayton now maintains a workshop in Dallas, and is a member of the [http://stonecarversguild.com/ Stone Carvers Guild] .

ee also

*Concrete Cows
*CowParade

References

Images

* [http://stonecarversguild.com/images/pop_hc_bison.jpgBison in Heath, Texas]
* [http://home.earthlink.net/~abclair2002/marblcws.jpgLas Colinas Cows]

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