I'm the administrator at Kalispell Art Casting a bronze foundry. I've worked here for 15 years now. The foundry was established in 1979 and is still owned and operated by the same 2 men. We do work for artists from all over the USA and Canada - mainly from the West.
We just finished casting a pair of very large bronze lions. The artist is Scott Lennard.
The above 3 photos are of one of the lions almost finished. The color of the raw bronze is gold. The next (and final) stage is patina.
By applying chemicals, our patina artist changes the color from the raw bronze golden color to what we call a "standard" bronze patina. The artist picked the lions up yesterday to take to an art show. Onto the next project.... 
