A Natick sculptor was commissioned to create the Tom Brady statue being unveiled on Aug. 8 outside of the New England Patriots Hall of Fame ahead of the team’s first pre-season matchup.
Natick’s Jeff Buccacio of Buccacio Sculpture Services in Canton was commissioned to create the monument. Patriots owner Robert Kraft described Buccacio as “a New England native with over 25 years of experience in fine arts sculpting,” and said Buccacio and his team put in more than 20,000 hours “to perfect this statue.”
The roughly 1,800-pound statue shows Brady raising his right fist and holding his helmet by his side.
According to the Buccacio studio website: “The Patriots provided Jeff with a selection of photographs to use as design inspiration. One image in particular stood out. It was a powerful shot of Tom Brady raising his right fist in a stoic, victorious, and visibly exhausted posture. That moment became the foundation for the sculpture’s design.”
Numbers associated with Brady’s Patriots career—uniform #12, 6 Super Bowl wins and 17 division championships—are represented in some of the statue’s dimensions. The statue stands on a granite base, making the overall piece of art 17 feet high.
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Local sculptures of note from Buccacio include a fountain in Hopkinton, one of Spencer the Boston Marathon dog, and the Redhawk sculpture at Natick High School, where Buccacio graduated from. The studio has also done design and special effects work for Hollywood films.
Plans for the 12-foot tall bronze statue honoring the 7-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback were announced last year during a ceremony at which Brady’s No. 12 was retired and he was inducted into the team Hall of Fame. The statue is three feet taller than the Peyton Manning one in Indianapolis.
Patriots owner Kraft recently said the statue had been in storage for over a year as the team settled on a plan to reveal it.
Brady reacted to the statue by saying: “This is quite overwhelming, obviously, and I just thank you so much for being here. It means the world to me. I appreciate it. Thank you…”
Before the Brady statue from NHS grad Buccacio, there was the hawk sculpture on the front of Natick HighWe attempted to secure media credentials for the event given the local angle, but were denied due to an inflexible Patriots policy shared by communications coordinator Julia Palin (we hope the team will prove to be more adaptable in its game planning this season).
Tom Brady statue outstanding. Thank you Jeff.
You make Natick proud.
Incredible work as always Jeff!
Congratulations Jeff!! Great job!
Your gift is a gift to all of us Jeff …. You create and we are in awe of such creativity . You are an inspiration to all of us …. You and your lovely wife make your parents and community proud.
Am I the only one who doesn’t think it looks like him very much?
The head is very small. Compared to the rest of the body. Even WITH the pads on shoulders etc. Looks strange
Great job on the statue. I was reading an article where they place an original picture next to their completed statue and I couldn’t believe the finished product. . Didn’t look anything like them. Because they were all athletes each statue was related to their sports. Maybe it’s difficult to create a statue of someone who is “in motion” verses a still image.
The head looks too small
I agree with Clarissa, no resemblance at all to Tom.
Very generic face, and the pose has no action or excitement about it.
My apologies, but it is hideous.