Andy DeComyn Public Art
A very experienced, international public artist who has carried out prestigious commissions in Britain and Europe. He works in a variety of media including bronze, stone and wood as well as pioneering a new way of working with concrete to create truly unique sculptures. He works both figuratively and non figuratively and across all scales to the monumental. Over the years he has gained great experience in both creating and installing large sculptures, personally overseeing every aspect. statues, artwork, memorial, reliefs, portraits, commemorative, community art, mosaic, murals, sculptor of nudes.ommemorative, community art, mosaic, murals, Public Artist public art sculptor
Frank Foley Memorial
Commissioned by: Central Government
Materials: Bronze
Height: Lifesize
Location: Mary Stevens Park, Stourbridge
Major Frank Foley CMG. was a british spy and was known as "The British Schindler" . He was responsible for saving over 10,000 Jews from the Holocaust.
He is depicted in his tweed suit and seated on a park bench. At his side is his briefcase upon which is perched a bird. He is feeding the bird a piece of bread which he has broken from his lunch and it represents the help that he offered to refugees who were wishing to escape from the Nazis.
Unveiled 18th September 2018 by
HRH The Duke of Cambridge KG KT