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* Code BI 011
* Size 50 x 45 x 92 cm
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The Flying Eagle With Fish Raptor Bird Of Prey Bronze Sculpture captures an exhilarating moment of freedom.
Rising from the water with its catch secured firmly within golden talons, the eagle stretches its magnificent wings and climbs towards the sky. The composition feels light, elegant and full of upward movement.
Standing 92 cm high, this is a substantial bronze without becoming overpowering. Beautiful silver-gold, warm brown and terracotta shades also make it particularly attractive for interior display.
There is something wonderfully uplifting about this sculpture.
Perhaps it is the sense of escape. Perhaps it is the effortless freedom we associate with a great bird taking flight.
Either way, this is an eagle that people stop to admire.
* Code: BI011
* Price: £2,795.00
* Size: 50 x 45 x 92 cm
* Weight: Approx. TBC
The sculptor has captured the moment immediately after a successful hunt.
Below, dark flowing forms represent the water the eagle has just left. Above them, the bird climbs powerfully into the air with a fish held securely within its talons.
This creates a strong vertical movement from water to sky.
Rather than appearing heavy, the eagle seems to rise naturally through the composition. Its open wings lead the eye upwards, while the relatively narrow base emphasises the feeling of elevation.
There is purpose in the pose, but also freedom.
The eagle has its prize.
Now it simply flies.
Colour makes this particular eagle especially attractive.
Polished golden talons contrast beautifully with the fish, which carries a warm terracotta-gold shimmer. Similar gold detailing appears across the beak.
Softer silver-gold shades highlight the head, neck and tail. Across the body and wings, individually detailed feathers introduce layers of rich brown bronze.
Even the eyes contribute to the character. Red inlaid details sit beneath a defined brow, giving the bird a focused expression as it climbs away from the water.
These contrasting shades catch changing light beautifully.
That makes the sculpture particularly rewarding in a bright interior or somewhere sunlight can move across its surface during the day.
Although completely suitable for outdoor display, this is one of our eagles that works especially well indoors.
Its elegant proportions and sophisticated colouring give it a decorative quality that complements a substantial entrance hall, drawing room, study or executive office.
Position it near a large window overlooking countryside and the sculpture gains another dimension. The eagle appears almost ready to continue its flight through the landscape beyond the glass.
A waterside view would be even more appropriate.
For an accomplished businessman or sportsman, the eagle also carries familiar associations with vision, independence, achievement and success.
Yet this particular sculpture expresses those qualities elegantly rather than aggressively.
It has confidence without heaviness.
A well-chosen pedestal can transform the experience of this sculpture.
Raising the eagle brings the bird closer to eye level while moving the water base further from the ground. This strengthens the illusion of flight and allows the feather detail to be examined more closely.
In a substantial entrance hall, a pedestal could turn the bronze into an immediate focal point.
The same principle works outdoors.
Position it on stone beside a terrace, lake or pond and the added elevation allows the eagle to appear as though it has genuinely swept upwards from the water.
Because the composition already has strong vertical movement, even modest additional height can create considerable impact.
Few settings suit this sculpture better than water.
We have photographed this eagle on location at St Saviour’s Reservoir in Guernsey, where the surrounding water and open landscape provide a natural backdrop to the story captured in bronze.
Beside a private lake, large pond, river or stream, the relationship becomes immediately apparent.
Position it where the eagle can be viewed with water behind or below it. Across a larger property, consider a location visible from the opposite bank or from the windows of the house.
For fishing estates and sporting lodges, the combination of eagle and freshly caught fish has particular relevance.
Here, the sculpture does not merely sit beside the landscape.
It tells a story within it.
Our lifestyle photography also shows the sculpture at Fairfield in Castel, Guernsey.
Against open countryside, the eagle takes on a different character.
The expansive landscape reinforces the feeling of freedom and allows the open wings to stand clearly against the surroundings.
Similar positioning could work beautifully within a country property with several acres, particularly overlooking fields, paddocks or distant views.
A large terrace is another possibility.
Seen against the horizon, the upward movement becomes even more convincing.
The fish introduces an important additional connection.
For a passionate angler, fishing-estate owner or someone whose happiest days are spent beside rivers and lochs, the subject can carry considerable personal meaning.
It could make an exceptional retirement gift, milestone birthday present or award within the fishing world.
Fishing lodges, sporting hotels and private clubs could also use the sculpture as a distinctive feature within an entrance, lounge or waterside setting.
Unlike a conventional fishing trophy, this is substantial bronze artwork designed to remain on display for generations.
For someone who seemingly owns every rod, reel and piece of fishing equipment they could ever need, that makes it a rather different proposition.
Eagles have represented freedom, strength and vision for centuries.
This sculpture captures those ideas particularly beautifully because everything within the composition moves upwards.
It can represent achievement after hard work. It can mark a new chapter following retirement. For an entrepreneur, it might symbolise independence or the success of building something for themselves.
For somebody else, it may simply express something more universal.
Who hasn’t occasionally looked at a great bird soaring overhead and wondered what it would feel like to leave the ground and fly completely free?
There is something aspirational about that image.
This bronze allows a little of that feeling into the home or garden.
At 92 cm high, this sculpture has enough presence to make an important gift feel genuinely important.
It could commemorate retirement, a significant birthday, business success, sporting achievement or a major personal milestone.
The eagle has already secured its prize and is rising with it.
For someone celebrating the rewards of years of determination, that symbolism could hardly be more appropriate.
Alternatively, it could be chosen for no occasion whatsoever.
Sometimes the strongest reason to own a sculpture is simply that you saw it and couldn’t stop thinking about it.
A sculpture with this much movement needs to be seen in three dimensions.
Our accompanying video allows you to move visually around the eagle and appreciate the relationship between the water, fish, body and open wings.
It also reveals the changes in colour across the bronze far more effectively than a single photograph.
Our lifestyle images provide further inspiration for positioning, including photographs beside water and against the open Guernsey countryside.
Together, they provide a much clearer impression of the sculpture’s real-life character before purchase.
The Flying Eagle With Fish is cast in bronze and suitable for permanent outdoor display throughout the year.
Bronze does not rust or corrode, so the sculpture can remain beside a lake, on a terrace or within the garden through changing British seasons.
Equally, keeping it indoors allows the rich silver, gold and brown colouring to remain a prominent part of the interior.
That versatility is one of this sculpture’s greatest strengths.
It can bring wildlife into an elegant home without feeling rustic, while outdoors it connects naturally with water and open countryside.
Some sculptures impress through sheer size.
This one does something rather more graceful.
From the dark water at its base to the tips of its rising wings, everything encourages the eye upwards. The eagle has made its catch, escaped the water and is heading towards open sky.
Perhaps that is why this particular bronze attracts so much admiration when visitors see it in our shop.
It has movement, colour and extraordinary detail, but it also captures something many of us instinctively understand.
Freedom.
Whether displayed beside water, against acres of countryside or within a beautiful home, this magnificent eagle brings that uplifting sense of flight with it.
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