Walter Matia
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Spring Creek Blackbirds
bronze, edition of 36
35"h x 23"l x 15"d
$18,000
Dog Bas Reliefs
available in Pointer, Setter, Brittany or Labrador
bronze, open edition
6"h x 7"l
$400 each
Duck Hooks
available in Mallard (left), Mallard (right), Wood Duck or Pintail Duck
bronze
6 1/2-7 1/2"h x 3 1/2"w x 3"d
$350 each
Ladies in Waiting
bronze, edition of 36
35"h x 23"l x 15"d
$3,500
Golden Rule
bronze, edition of 20
35"h x 23"l x 15"d
$15,500
Sandhill Cranes Andirons bronze, edition of 36
28"h x 5 1/2"l x 6"d
$9,600
Three California Quail
with Pine
bronze, open edition
$4,425
The Old Guard, English Setter Pair
bronze, edition of 24
13"h x 21"l x 7"d
$6,000
From the Heaven of
Pines and Grass
(7 pieces)
bronze, open edition
6"h x 18"l x 7"d
$7,850
Oasis Oval Base
bronze, edition of 6
6"h x 18"l x 7"d
$3,200
Bobwhite Quail Single A,B,C
bronze, open edition
Life Size
$950 each
Truth of the Moment, English Setter
bronze, edition of 36
14"h x 15"l x 6"d
$2,800
The House of Lords
bronze, edition of 12
2015 National Sculpture
Society Silver Medal
70"h x 50"l x 29"d
$38,700
Paisanos, Roadrunner
bronze, edition of 36
23"h x 8 1/2"l x 6"d
$3,650
Fox Grapes, Red Fox
bronze, edition of 24
33"h x 19"l x 12"d
$9,700
Peace Be With You
bronze, edition of 36
12"h x 22"l x 12"d
$6,000
No Country for Old Frogs
bronze, edition of 10
41"h x 18"l x 14"d
$9,500
We Three Kings
bronze, edition of 24
12"h x 18"l x 10"d
$6,200
The Talk of the Town (Wild Turkey)
bronze, edition of 10
28"h x 28"l
$11,000
Bison Relief
bronze, edition of 10
30"h x 44"l x 3"d
$12,000
The Soprano (Yellow-Headed Blackbird with Cattail)
bronze, edition of 36
27"h x 8 1/2"l x 5 1/2"d
$2,600
March Madness (Yellow-Headed Blackbird with Cattail)
bronze, edition of 36
26"h x 9"l x 7"d
$2,600
Midnight Ramblers
bronze, edition of 20
24"h x 30"l x 9"d
$15,500
Rewards of June Rain, Bobwhite Quail Pair
bronze, edition of 50
8"h x 8 1/2"l x 5 1/2"d
$1,800
Calaveras Crooners
bronze, edition of 24
6"h x 12"l x 9"d
$1,800
Rebel Angels
bronze, edition of 20
20"h x 20"l x 8"d
$6,400
Mourning Dove and Corn Centerpiece (Three Doves)
bronze, open edition
4"h x 25"l x 14"d
$5,000
About Walter Matia
Walter T. Matia was born in 1953 in Cleveland, Ohio, and was educated at Williams College in Massachusetts where he earned degrees in biology and art design. Much of his art training was attained during a long apprenticeship in the Exhibits Department of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
Since he began casting bronze sculpture in 1980, Matia's work has been exhibited in one-man shows at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, and most recently, the Raymond F. Evans Sporting Art Gallery in Albany, Georgia. He has been a regular participant in the Society of Animal Artists shows, the Easton Waterfowl Festival, and the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition. Walter is a Fellow of the National Sculpture Society, a Master Signature Member of the Society of Animal Artists and a Master Wildlife Artist at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum.
His sculptures have toured with various shows to dozens of museums both in the United States and abroad. Numerous parks, gardens, universities, and office buildings display Matia's outdoor sculptures including the United States President's Guest House, Blair House. In 1998, he was commissioned to produce the Merrill Lynch Bull for the exteriors of their regional offices.
Matia has received the National Sculpture Society Gold Medal Award; the Bronze Medal Award Pietro & Alfriedo Montana Memorial Prize; the Society of Animal Artists Leo J. Meiselman Award; the Prix de West Fraser Sculpture Award (2018); the Masters of the American West, Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation Sculpture Award and the James R. Parker Trustee Purchase Award.
Matia resides in Dickerson, Maryland.