African American Spirit of the West
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Title
African American Spirit of the West
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Artist
Thomas Jay Warren
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Location
Denver Public Library: Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library
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Neighborhood
Five Points
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Year
2004
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Artwork Type
Reliefs
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Material
bronze (metal)
What People Are Saying
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9 people say Photogenic
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8 people say Thought Provoking
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8 people say Family Friendly
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8 people say Hidden Gem
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4 people say Love it
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3 people say Interactive
About This Piece
Two 15-foot bronze and mosaic reliefs represent the noble strength and bearing pioneer spirit of African American men and women in the West.
PAA Description: Thomas Jay Warren was born in Mississippi in 1958 and grew up in the Mississippi Delta. He studied sculpture as a Presidential Scholar at Mississippi College, graduating with Special Distinction in 1979. He went on to study figure sculpture with renowned sculptor Andrzej Pitynski at the Johnson Atelier in New Jersey, one of the world’s largest sculpture foundries. Two years after starting his apprenticeship he was appointed head of the Modeling/Enlarging Department of this prestigious institute. For ten years he taught an international group of sculptors and apprentices techniques for modeling and enlarging the portrait and the human figure. Today Jay Warren works exclusively by commission creating portraits, monuments and memorials both public and private.
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