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A rank wildcat by Scott Rogers shows a oil Derrick from the 1800's that is blowing up

A Rank Wildcat

Specifications:
48.25″H x 15.5″W x 13″D
Edition of 30

Price:
$10,000

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Scott’s Piece Description

Oil wells are classified by the risk involved in drilling and finding oil. There are wells drilled in proven fields (within eyesight of another well bore). In fact, in the old days (before mineral rights were established) a well could be drilled with an oil derrick’s legs touching the legs of another well.

If one chose to drill a well that is in an oil field with ‘proven’ production on all four sides – the likelihood that there will be oil found in the middle of ‘the bunch’ is pretty high. The calculated return on this type of well can be projected with a small degree of error.

When one chooses to ‘step out’ of a proven field and drill a well…perhaps a mile out from any production…it is called a ‘Wildcat’. Then again….if one chooses to step out even further…..2 miles or more (where no production has been established)….it is called “A RANK WILDCAT”.

Curator Review

Curator Review

Few sculptures harness chaos with such precision. In A Rank Wildcat, Scott Rogers captures the explosive ambition of untamed enterprise. This towering composition dramatizes the moment oil bursts into the unknown—a triumph of grit, risk, and raw determination. Beneath the erupting column of dark bronze “oil,” a frontier oil rig rises among the honest disorder of a makeshift operation: barrels, trucks, tools, and shanties, each rendered in rough-hewn texture that feels discovered, not placed.

The phrase “rank wildcat” refers to the riskiest kind of well—a bold drill far beyond proven fields, where failure is likely and reward unmeasurable. Rogers sculpts not just a moment of eruption, but a philosophy: that progress demands audacity.

Visually, the work pulls the eye skyward, emphasizing the vertical thrust of both structure and spirit. This is sculpture as metaphor—unstable, daring, and determined to rise.

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