Paul Moore’s Seed Sower is perhaps the most influential sculpture on the University of Oklahoma campus. Moore, an Oklahoma native and the University’s Sculptor-in-Residence, was commissioned with the difficult task of transforming a two dimensional University seal into three dimensional art. Moore was certainly up to the task.
Familiarity with the University’s official Seal is needed before one can understand Moore’s sculpture. OU’s first President, David Ross Boyd, wanted an official seal. The idea of a humble man s