Bronze
25” H × 21” W
Limited Edition

This bronze maquette was created as part of the design process for The Lion’s Fountain. While developing the fountain, Doug Freeman produced a small maquette that was placed directly into the site model to explore the relationship between the sculpture, the water, and the surrounding space.

This larger maquette was made to study the lion itself—its gesture, balance, and overall composition. At 25 inches tall with a 21-inch span across the forearms, the piece allowed Freeman to refine the form and character of the figure before scaling the sculpture to its final monumental size.

Like many of Freeman’s working models, the maquette is both a design tool and a finished sculpture in its own right, capturing the energy and presence that would ultimately shape the completed fountain.

Bronze
8” W x 10½” H
Limited Edition

This bronze maquette represents one of the Mississippi Guardian Birds, a series of sculptures created as part of Doug Freeman’s public work along the Mississippi River. The birds serve as symbolic guardians of the river landscape, reflecting its movement, vitality, and enduring presence.

Measuring 10½ inches tall and 8 inches across, the maquette captures the gesture and character of the figure while allowing Freeman to study the form in preparation for the larger sculptures. Cast as a limited edition in bronze, it stands as both a sculptural study and a finished work of art, embodying the spirit of the original installation.

The process for the Mississippi Guardian Birds began with small clay studies, sketches, and research, which led to the development of this maquette. From there, a full-scale enlargement was created in foam, allowing Freeman to refine the form at a larger size. A mold was then made to produce a wax version for the bronze casting process. A similar approach was used for the pieces at the Decorah Fish Hatchery, while other works in Freeman’s practice were developed full scale in clay over a steel armature.

Bronze
8” W x 10½” H
Limited Edition

This bronze maquette represents one of the Mississippi Guardian Birds, a series of sculptures created as part of Doug Freeman’s public work along the Mississippi River. The birds serve as symbolic guardians of the river landscape, reflecting its movement, vitality, and enduring presence.

Measuring 10½ inches tall and 8 inches across, the maquette captures the gesture and character of the figure while allowing Freeman to study the form in preparation for the larger sculptures. Cast as a limited edition in bronze, it stands as both a sculptural study and a finished work of art, embodying the spirit of the original installation.

The process for the Mississippi Guardian Birds began with small clay studies, sketches, and research, which led to the development of this maquette. From there, a full-scale enlargement was created in foam, allowing Freeman to refine the form at a larger size. A mold was then made to produce a wax version for the bronze casting process. A similar approach was used for the pieces at the Decorah Fish Hatchery, while other works in Freeman’s practice were developed full scale in clay over a steel armature.

Bronze
Approx. 7” W x 7” H
Limited Edition

This small sculpture is the maquette for Wildcat Dreaming, the central figure in The Fountain of the Wind. Created during the design process, the piece allowed Doug Freeman to study the gesture, movement, and character of the figure before developing the work at a larger scale.

Though modest in size—approximately 7 by 7 inches—the maquette captures the spirit of the final fountain sculpture. As with many of Freeman’s studies, it serves both as a working model and as a finished sculpture in its own right, revealing the artist’s process and the early formation of the larger public work.

Bronze
5" W x 10½” H
Limited Edition

This bronze maquette was created as part of the design process for the Cincinnati Flying Pig. The sculpture explores the playful and uplifting spirit of the well-known Cincinnati symbol—a pig in flight.

At 10½ inches tall, the maquette captures the movement and character of the figure while allowing Doug Freeman to study the composition and balance of the sculpture before developing the larger work.

Produced as a limited edition in bronze, the piece reflects both the artist’s design process and the sense of humor and imagination that inspired the original commission.