Dedicated to Stanley Bleifeld, the Bleifeld Gallery houses several of his terracotta pieces, including the “Wave with Swimmer and Shark.” If you look carefully, from one side you can see a shark, from the other, the swimmer. It’s very clever.
In our opinion, the star of the gallery is Grainger McKoy. At first, his sculptures look like taxidermy, but they are not. He carves his birds out of wood and hand paints them. Not only are these birds incredibly lifelike, but they also float in the air as if by magic.
Look closer and you’ll notice how he incorporates their suspension into the carving. It’s unreal! Look for his other pieces in the Offner Sculpture Center and the Lowcountry Center.