# Charlie McGrady

> American sculptor in Gillespie, Illinois (born 1952). From the late 1980s to the early 2000s his studio, CM Studio, built over 1,000 dinosaur sculptures and dozens of museum exhibits for the Field Museum, Discovery Channel, Universal Studios, Disney, NOVA/WGBH, the Houston Museum of Natural Science and natural history museums from Tokyo to Vienna. He now makes sculpture about American institutions in polymer clay, bronze, ceramic and found objects. Represented and sold by RSMRY (hello+charlie@rsmry.co).

## Pages

- [Available Works](https://charlie-mcgrady.com/available-works): original sculpture for sale with prices, materials and dimensions.
- [Dinosaur Archives](https://charlie-mcgrady.com/dinosaur-archives): full-size museum and resin dinosaur sculpture for sale.
- [Information](https://charlie-mcgrady.com/information): biography and museum client list.
- [FAQ](https://charlie-mcgrady.com/faq): who Charlie McGrady is, which museums, how to buy.
- [Full listing text](https://charlie-mcgrady.com/llms-full.txt): every piece with description, materials, dimensions and price.

## Series

- [United Stooge of America](https://charlie-mcgrady.com/available-works/united-stooge-of-america): Polymer clay figures in costume and makeup: clowns, mostly, and the people stuck being them.
- [American Institutions](https://charlie-mcgrady.com/available-works/american-institutions): Polymer clay sculpture about the American institutions people grow up inside.
- [Giants of Illinois](https://charlie-mcgrady.com/available-works/giants-of-illinois): Small portraits of large Illinois figures, among them Abraham Lincoln, Robert Wadlow of Alton and Miles Davis.
- [Portraits of America](https://charlie-mcgrady.com/available-works/portraits-of-america): Small unpainted polymer clay figures of ordinary Americans, each a few inches tall.

## Available now

- [Country Club Guy](https://charlie-mcgrady.com/available-works/p/country-club-guy): $9,500. Country Club Guy is a 15.75-inch bronze of a cigar-smoking man in a polo shirt, by American sculptor Charlie McGrady.
- [Going Somewhere](https://charlie-mcgrady.com/available-works/p/going-somewhere): $8,500. Going Somewhere is a 16-inch bronze of a woman in a long coat carrying a suitcase, by American sculptor Charlie McGrady.
- [Reaching Man](https://charlie-mcgrady.com/available-works/p/reaching-man): $8,500. Reaching Man is an 11.25-inch bronze of a man in overalls whose raised arm becomes an antler, by American sculptor Charlie McGrady.
- [China](https://charlie-mcgrady.com/available-works/p/china): $6,000. China is a 28.5-inch mixed-media wall sculpture with a portrait of Mao and a pig on a red bench, by American sculptor Charlie McGrady.
- [Society Men](https://charlie-mcgrady.com/available-works/p/society-men): $5,500. Society Men is a glazed ceramic vessel covered in sculpted figures, by American sculptor Charlie McGrady.
- [Egghead](https://charlie-mcgrady.com/available-works/p/egghead): $3,000. Egghead is a glazed ceramic vessel with a sculpted head rising from the rim, by American sculptor Charlie McGrady.
- [Unsurprising](https://charlie-mcgrady.com/available-works/p/unsurprising): $3,500. Unsurprising is a glazed ceramic vessel with sculpted figures and YIKES lettered at the rim, by American sculptor Charlie McGrady.
- [Gun Monkey](https://charlie-mcgrady.com/available-works/p/gun-monkey): $3,500. Gun Monkey is a glazed ceramic vessel with sculpted heads, hands and a target, by American sculptor Charlie McGrady.
- [Treasures of America I](https://charlie-mcgrady.com/available-works/p/treasures-of-america-i): $5,500. Treasures of America I is an 11.25-inch gilded bronze elephant on a sculpted pedestal, by American sculptor Charlie McGrady.
- [Blue Figure I](https://charlie-mcgrady.com/available-works/p/blue-figure-i): $3,500. Blue Figure I is a 6.5-inch hand-sculpted polymer clay man on a tiny motorcycle, from Charlie McGrady's American Institutions series.
- [Blue Figure II](https://charlie-mcgrady.com/available-works/p/blue-figure-ii): $3,500. Blue Figure II is a 5.5-inch hand-sculpted polymer clay man in overalls, from Charlie McGrady's American Institutions series.
- [Crossed Arms](https://charlie-mcgrady.com/available-works/p/crossed-arms): $750. Crossed Arms is a small unpainted polymer clay figure of a woman with her hair in buns and her arms crossed, from Charlie McGrady's Portraits of America series.
- [Marlboro](https://charlie-mcgrady.com/available-works/p/marlboro): $750. Marlboro is a small unpainted polymer clay figure of a man in a polo shirt with a cigarette, from Charlie McGrady's Portraits of America series.
- [Swimsuit](https://charlie-mcgrady.com/available-works/p/swimsuit): $750. Swimsuit is a small unpainted polymer clay figure of a person with a pompadour in a swimsuit top, from Charlie McGrady's Portraits of America series.
- [Cravat](https://charlie-mcgrady.com/available-works/p/cravat): $750. Cravat is a small unpainted polymer clay figure of a bearded man in a knit cap and cravat, from Charlie McGrady's Portraits of America series.
- [Abraham Lincoln](https://charlie-mcgrady.com/available-works/p/abraham-lincoln): $1,500. An 8-inch unpainted polymer clay portrait of Abraham Lincoln, from Illinois sculptor Charlie McGrady's Giants of Illinois series.
- [Robert Wadlow](https://charlie-mcgrady.com/available-works/p/robert-wadlow): $1,500. An 11-inch polymer clay portrait of Robert Wadlow of Alton, Illinois, the tallest man on record, from Charlie McGrady's Giants of Illinois series.
- [Venus](https://charlie-mcgrady.com/available-works/p/venus): $4,500. Venus is an 11-inch hand-sculpted polymer clay figure of a tattooed woman with a peg leg, from Charlie McGrady's United Stooge of America series.
- [Ad Astra](https://charlie-mcgrady.com/available-works/p/ad-astra): $4,500. Ad Astra is a 5.5-inch hand-sculpted polymer clay clown with a star on his chest and arms raised, by American sculptor Charlie McGrady.
- [Mutant Hillbilly](https://charlie-mcgrady.com/available-works/p/mutant-hillbilly): $3,500. Mutant Hillbilly is a 9.75-inch hand-sculpted polymer clay figure with a party hat and an ice cream cone, from Charlie McGrady's United Stooge of America series.
- [CryBaby](https://charlie-mcgrady.com/available-works/p/crybaby): $4,500. CryBaby is a hand-sculpted polymer clay clown with a painted frown, duck bib and pink pom-poms, 9.25 inches tall, from Charlie McGrady's United Stooge of America series.
- [Depresso](https://charlie-mcgrady.com/available-works/p/depresso): $4,500. Depresso is a hand-sculpted polymer clay clown whose costume smiles harder than he does, 10.5 inches tall, from Charlie McGrady's United Stooge of America series.
- [Free Bird](https://charlie-mcgrady.com/available-works/p/free-bird): $4,500. Free Bird is a hand-sculpted polymer clay clown in a straitjacket riding a toy car, 7.75 inches tall, from Charlie McGrady's United Stooge of America series.
- [Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em](https://charlie-mcgrady.com/available-works/p/smoke-em-if-you-got-em): $4,500. Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em is a hand-sculpted polymer clay clown in polka dots and checkered pants, 10 inches tall, from Charlie McGrady's United Stooge of America series.
- [SF4](https://charlie-mcgrady.com/available-works/p/sf4): $3,500. SF4 is a hand-sculpted polymer clay clown with a red nose and a thimble-sized hat, 10.25 inches tall, from Charlie McGrady's United Stooge of America series.
- [Blanche](https://charlie-mcgrady.com/available-works/p/blanche): $4,500. Blanche is a hand-sculpted polymer clay standing bird with an owl's face and a yellow bill, by Charlie McGrady, who built over 1,000 museum dinosaurs.
- [Frigate Bird](https://charlie-mcgrady.com/available-works/p/frigate-bird): $3,500. Frigate Bird is a hand-sculpted polymer clay frigatebird with its red throat pouch inflated, on a steel stand, by Charlie McGrady, who built over 1,000 museum dinosaurs.
- [Grey Hornbill](https://charlie-mcgrady.com/available-works/p/grey-hornbill): $2,500. Grey Hornbill is a hand-sculpted polymer clay hornbill with a long curved bill and tall casque, by Charlie McGrady, who built over 1,000 museum dinosaurs.
- [Horned Parrot I](https://charlie-mcgrady.com/available-works/p/horned-parrot-i): $3,500. Horned Parrot I is a hand-sculpted polymer clay parrot with horns, on a steel stand, by Charlie McGrady, who built over 1,000 museum dinosaurs.
- [Petrificus](https://charlie-mcgrady.com/available-works/p/petrificus): $2,500. Petrificus is a hand-sculpted polymer clay bird finished to look like cast bronze, on a steel stand, by Charlie McGrady, who built over 1,000 museum dinosaurs.
- [Trike Parrot](https://charlie-mcgrady.com/available-works/p/trike-parrot): $1,500. Trike Parrot is a hand-sculpted polymer clay parrot with a Triceratops frill and horns, on a steel stand, by Charlie McGrady, who built over 1,000 museum dinosaurs.
- [Lewisuchus](https://charlie-mcgrady.com/available-works/p/lewisuchus): $7,500. A roughly life-size resin Lewisuchus, a Triassic cousin of the first dinosaurs, 38 inches long, by Charlie McGrady, who built 1,000+ dinosaurs for museums.
- [Carnotaurus](https://charlie-mcgrady.com/available-works/p/carnotaurus): $5,500. A resin Carnotaurus, the two-horned predator from Argentina, 27 inches nose to tail, by Charlie McGrady, who built 1,000+ dinosaurs for museums.
- [Scutellosaurus](https://charlie-mcgrady.com/available-works/p/scutellosaurus): $4,500. A roughly life-size Scutellosaurus in resin, 53 inches nose to tail, by Charlie McGrady, who built 1,000+ dinosaurs for museums.
- [Velociraptor (Full-Scale)](https://charlie-mcgrady.com/dinosaur-archives/p/velociraptor): $10,000. A full-size museum dinosaur sculpture from CM Studio, which built 1,000+ dinosaurs for the Field Museum and Discovery Channel. $10,000.
- [Pleiosaur](https://charlie-mcgrady.com/dinosaur-archives/p/pleiosaur): $22,000. A full-size prehistoric marine reptile sculpture from CM Studio, which built 1,000+ museum dinosaurs for the Field Museum and Discovery Channel. $22,000.
- [Hadrosaur](https://charlie-mcgrady.com/dinosaur-archives/p/hadrosaur): $18,000. A full-size hadrosaur (duck-billed dinosaur) museum sculpture from CM Studio, which built 1,000+ dinosaurs for the Field Museum and Discovery Channel. $18,000.
- [Triceratops Skull](https://charlie-mcgrady.com/dinosaur-archives/p/triceratops-skull): $8,500. A full-size Triceratops skull sculpture with horns and frill, from CM Studio, which built 1,000+ museum dinosaurs for the Field Museum and Discovery Channel. $8,500.

## Buying

All work is sold through RSMRY. Purchases and shipping: hello+charlie@rsmry.co.