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2022 Brookgreen Medal Lecture by Jeremiah Welsh
The Medal
Days of Silence (obverse) features a lazing American alligator viewed from below the water's surface with daylight fracturing and filtering into the surrounding water. The sculptor chose to position the view below the water’s surface in this design as part of his artistic passion to "look beneath the surface of things".
The Artist
Connecticut-born artist Jeremiah D. Welsh has pursued a mastery in and exploration of low relief sculpture for more than 23 years. Fifteen of those years were spent as a contractual relief sculptor for Matthews International Bronze, generating originals for architectural metal-casting applications. This position gave him the opportunity to engage dynamically diverse subject matter for governmental, nonprofit, and private clientele across the United States and around the world.
The Brookgreen Medal series is in its 50th year, having been established by Brookgreen Trustee and renowned sculptor Paul Jennewein in 1972. Each medal depicts one of three themes chosen by the sculptor: “The Sculptor at Work”, “History of South Carolina”, and “Flora and Fauna of the Southeast”.