About Animal Imagry
August 14, 2008
From the time man first began to make meaningful marks and assemble stone, wood, clay and fibers, he has attempted to represent in two or three dimensions, the wonder mystery, respect and awe he felt for the inhabitants of the animal kingdom.
Animals compel our interest by virtue of the similarities of our parts and activities. They provide clues to how and why we act in certain ways. For those reason we make our attempts at creating their image.
We see, in some, an obvious beauty and in others, ungainly, comic and even absurd solutions to the basic functions of life. Sculpting animals forces you into heightened sense of observation, a fuller awareness of the details, recognition of a personality or attitude, or posture, as a result, a fuller appreciation for the creatures that share our world.
Here are some of the animal sculptures in my portfolio.
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- The African Water Hole at the Phoenix Zoo – part of the award-winning Feel the Difference Project
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- Warthog at the water hole – Phoenix Zoo
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- arabian Oryx in Polymer and painted – The Phoenix Zoo
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- Bighorn Sheep in polymer and painted at exhibit site in Phoenix zoo
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- Greater African Kudu in Cast concrete and bronze
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- Greater Horned Owl in Bronze at the Phoenix Zoo
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- Great Northern Pike in Bronze at the Phoenix Zoo
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- Billy -Orangutan i Bronze at the Phoenix Zo
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- Billy the Orangutan -close-up
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- Dancing Jacks in Bronze -Private collection
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- Coyote in Bronze
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- Poe the Raven in Bronze – private collection
