OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Eugene artist Jud Turner says it was an uncomfortable compliment to have his sculpture stolen from an Olympia gallery.
He told The Register-Guard (http://is.gd/kuzsEu ) it was slightly flattering and slightly alarming to have his piece taken from the Matter Gallery.
Gallery owner Jo Gallaugher told The Olympian (http://is.gd/pDCxHe ) the thieves apparently targeted Turner’s “Tribute to the concussed skier,” a death’s head in the middle of radiating snow skis, valued at $800.
Gallaugher says she has more valuable art, but thieves broke through a skylight and rappelled 18 feet to take that and “Horizons II” by Jerry Williamson of Olympia, valued at $600. She says the sculptures are most often admired by men in their 20s.
