Hunting Owl Sculpture by Carol Bryant 

Carol Bryant observed this owl over several nights, quartering the field behind her house at dusk while feeding her young. The bird's persistence, tireless according to Bryant, shaped the sculpture's pose, wings held mid-beat, head angled down toward the ground she's scanning.

The resin surface picks up the fine feather detail across the face and breast that made the owl visible in the fading light, then indistinct as the evening darkened around her. It's a piece built as much around light and disappearance as it is around the bird itself, and it rewards a spot where evening shadow can play across the surface. Barn owls hunt mostly by sound rather than sight, which explains the tilted head Bryant has built into the pose, listening as much as watching.

Hunting Owl is part of 'Where the wild things come to rest', Carol Bryant's exhibition at Benguela Cove Lagoon Wine Estate, on show from 2 October 2026 to 31 March 2027. It's paired elsewhere in the collection with Owl and Mouse, a bronze study of the same bird as hunter rather than parent. Both are available to buy for the run of the show. 

From the Artist

"I was lucky enough to observe this lovely owl quartering the field behind my house at dusk for several nights. She was feeding young and she seemed tireless. As the light of the summer evening dimmed, the white breast and face became just an outline as she melted into the darkness." 

Details

• Material: Resin
• Dimensions: 38 x 34 x 38 cm (L x W x H)
• Weight: 2 kg
• Price: On enquiry 

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