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Fans go crazy for small, candy-colored bronzes
The “Frogman” himself, artist Tim Cotterill.
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Zealous collectors of Frogman sculptures began calling Wilcox Gallery last fall about its show this summer, keen to buy the gallery’s exclusive “show frog” even before it had been chosen.
“Huckleberry,” a petite bronze with an ombre purple patina inspired by the Teton berry, will make its debut at Wilcox Gallery during its Frogman show July 22 and 23. Without so much as an announcement or advertisement, the gallery has already sold 15 Huckleberry frogs out of the 150 cast, an extremely limited edition for the sculptor who regularly sells out editions of 5,000.
Known as Frogman, Tim Cotterill will travel to Jackson for the first time for the Wilcox show, as will his avid collectors. “He has a huge following around the world,” said Jeff Wilcox of Wilcox Gallery.
To celebrate the sculptor and his collectors, the gallery is planning a fun-filled weekend.
Frogman bronzes make everyone who walks into Wilcox smile. “They are gorgeous,” Wilcox said. “They grab your eye. They make you smile.”
Such is the Frogman effect the world over. Since creating his first frog in 1991, Frogman has become a global phenomenon. The artist and his art share a full-of-life likeness: Frogman is as vivacious as his sculptures, as full of personality as his figurines’ faces. Fun follows him wherever he goes, as it surely will in Jackson.
No one is more floored by the phenomenon of the frogs than the Frogman himself.
“I started making the frogs, not realizing it was going to take off like it did,” Cotterill said. “I thought maybe I would scratch a living like everything else I’ve ever done.”
