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Bronze sculpture depiction of a bighorn sheep ram, entitled, “The Vanishing”, is engraved as “Number

Currency:USD Category:Hunting Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:1,600.00 - 3,000.00 USD
Bronze sculpture depiction of a bighorn sheep ram, entitled, “The Vanishing”, is engraved as “Number
Live auction to start at approx 7:15 PM MST on May 4th, 2019

Join us for dinner and the auction in person at:

Embassy Suites Hilton
4705 Clydesdale Parkway
Loveland Colorado 80538

Purchase dinner tickets online at www.bighornsheep.org
Bronze sculpture depiction of a bighorn sheep ram, entitled, “The Vanishing”, is engraved as “Number One” in a limited edition of 50 by artist Aaron Barkley
The ram was frozen in mid step as he crested the barren ridge. He had risen slowly from a bed scraped out just below the summit among the broken windswept rocks and moved instinctively towards his escape route. With head turned, his gaze was locked on a distant point somewhere below. Was it a scent carried on the fickle alpine winds or the sound of a cascade of rocks that caught his attention originally? As he paused, the solid blocky build of a mature ram was defined by taut muscles. His heavily lined horns indicated a decade’s worth of life eked out in the harsh high country. A last look before vanishing into the rugged slopes beyond.
This narrative, caught in the imagination of Colorado sculptor Aaron Barkley is transformed into a bronze sculpture that evokes the imagination with each viewing.
The Rocky Mountain Bighorn Society is fortunate this year to be picked by Aaron Barkley to receive the commissioned bronze sculpture of the ram, described above, for the live auction at the 44th Annual RMBS Rendezvous. This bronze is 100% donated. The entire story on this creation can be seen in the Winter 2018/2019 edition of The Bighorn.