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The Law Remembers (80% life size)
Specifications:
68″H x 28″W x 35″D (Base 28″ x 28″)
Edition of 15
Price:
$39,000
Scott’s Piece Description
It’s midnight and wet! The drizzlin’ rain is the kind that looks for a place to seep in and chill the bone. Standing outside the dugout he surmises, “One against four – grateful I brought the scattergun”. With both barrels….he’s never felt alone.
After the robbery, these boys’ pushed hard, for days. Their weakness is thinkin’ they’re safe. On a night like this he’s sure to catch them unawares.
Lantern lights have been dimmed. Chatter amongst the outlaws is sporadic and low. Quiet has settled in. He’ll give them a few more minutes to drift off to sleep and then…..’the law remembers’.
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Evidence is found, files are kept, testimonies are offered, trials take place, and some consciences are cleared – while others are seared with pain and guilt. However, is there a ‘Law’, beyond our minds comprehension, that remembers (and governs) all things? If so, it begs the question, “Why?” Could the answer be, “To heal?”
Can we watch nature and learn? Is the earth constantly ‘healing’ itself? I’ve witnessed trees struck by lightning, seen an entire forest burned, a land flooded, watched as a volcano destroyed all life around it, and then noticed how quickly, if not instantly, nature begins to heal itself. Is it the same with humanity and its laws? Is there a part of our wanting the law to remember a crime (and bring about justice) so that healing begins?
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Curator Review
This sculpture captures a moment suspended between tension and reckoning. Standing sentinel in the midnight rain, the lawman is soaked but unshaken, poised outside a dugout where justice lies sleeping—unaware that it is about to awaken. The way his coat hangs heavy, the tilt of his hat, the grip on the shotgun—all speak to quiet resolve and hard-earned authority.
Scott Rogers invites the viewer to reflect not only on frontier justice but on the larger, unseen forces that govern right and wrong. The symbolism of nature and law as healing forces is subtly mirrored in the piece’s posture and atmosphere. There is no action yet—only anticipation—but the weight of consequence is already present.
The sculpture’s silhouette is commanding, yet not overdone. Rogers sculpts the folds of the duster with his signature blend of bold form and implied movement, leading the eye upward to the focused gaze. It’s a masterclass in restraint and readiness.
“The Law Remembers” isn’t just about frontier retribution—it’s a meditation on accountability, moral law, and the long arc of justice that, like the land itself, has its own way of restoring balance.
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