Roger Fowler has been named Bonefish & Tarpon Trust's 2024 Artist of the Year. His bronze sculpture Redfish.24 will be available in Copley's Winter Sale 2024, held in February, with a portion of the proceeds benefitting BTT. Each year since 2011, Copley Fine Art Auctions has sold a new work by BTT's Artist of the Year in support of the organization.
Redfish .24 by Roger Fowler. Bronze, 16" by 22" by 12". Edition 8 of 12.
"I got to know Roger about five years ago when he called out of the blue, commenting on what a wonderful job BTT was doing for the fishery and, more importantly, for the environment," said Bill Legg, who chairs the Artist of the Year Selection Committee.
"I looked him up online and was really impressed with the lifelike quality of this work. I bought one of his tarpon heads and was even more impressed by the workmanship. Roger came back to me and asked what he could do to help the cause and has since donated several pieces to our auctions. His donation as our …
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