Composed of granite and marble, this 12-foot (4m) high sculpture is one of Sternal's many marvelous stone sculptures. Tome Sternal is a local artist and was one of the founding sculptors of the
Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, New Jersey, where over 250 sculptures are on display. Their web site offers this further account of Kainz and his work:
"Sternal earned his MFA in sculpture from the University of Montana. He was the recipient of the Governor’s Award in the Arts, Kentucky and was awarded a Senior Fulbright-Hayes Grant to the republic of South Korea. He has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States and his work is included in many private, corporate, and public collections, such as Woodmere Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA; Fairmount Park Arboretum, Philadelphia, PA; Rhoneymeade Sculpture Park, State College, PA; and the Berman Collection, Allentown, PA, and he has participated in various artist-in-residence programs."
The Sculpture Magazine in their directory of sculpture gardens with the following short description: "Phillip and Muriel Berman Sculpture Park: The nations largest display of outdoor art in a healthcare setting with 28 works located on the 118-acre campus. Works by Cassidy, Garofalo, Gordon, Hide, Hock, Isherwood, Kainz, Macklin, Shaw, Sternal, and Zweygardt. Lehigh Valley Hospital 1243 South Cedar Crest Blvd., Allentown, PA 18103"
A short biography of the artist from Wikipedia entry, < a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hock,_Sculptor">John Hock, Sculptor:
"John Hock is the founding director and now Artistic Director of Franconia Sculpture Park in Franconia, Minnesota. Hock is a sculptor, educator, curator and arts administrator. He was born and grew up in Washington, D.C. In addition, Hock is the chief curator and manager for the City of St. Paul's Western Sculpture Park for PUBLIC ART SAINT PAUL. Hock initiated the idea for this city sculpture park in order to reclaim a degraded city park and revitalize the neighborhood.
It is Hock's belief and philosophy that sculpture is an important aspect of the world - that sculpture helps people look at the world differently. As a sculptor, Hock has large-scale abstract sculptures in collections and public sculpture parks around the U.S. and England. He has received numerous fellowships and awards from the National Foundation for the Advancement of Arts, New York Foundation for the Arts, McKnight Foundation Individual Artists Grant, Athena Foundation, and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award.
Hock also co-founded the City of Poughkeepsie Sculpture Park in New York."