This life-size bronze sculpture of Andy Warhol was done in 2005 by Jack Dowd, a local Sarasota artist who creates paintings and sculptures of artists, celebrities, and everyday people with a very human-like feel to them, and his figures are imbued with a satiric, but affectionate 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 and drawing 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 clay because it was more flexible: he used wire mesh to build a form, molded the clay around it and made a model, turned that into a rubber mold, and cast bronze or gypsum cement figures from the mold, and his sculptures have a touch of whimsy, avant-garde and folk art all combined in one piece. Jack moved to Sarasota in 1982 and has a private studio here called Moon River. He has had many solo exhibitions sponsored by museums and art centers across the country, including the Florida State Museum of Fine Art, Jacksonville’s Museum of Modern Art, and the Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Florida, which drew 40,000 visitors 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, near the back pocket, and the Warhol sculpture stands 70 inches tall, with an 18 inch diameter base.