At the Waterhole

5" x 8" x 7" Edition of 24, ©1999

Some may think of elephants as just big round shapes on cylindrical legs, but I find fascinating nuances of line and form in their huge and expressive bodies. This, and their great heads - the bony structure so evident under the wrinkles of skin, the undulating shapes of their colossal ears, and those eyes, so deep, so sad, so wise -inspired me to do this sculpture. Since Elephants live within such strong social bonds, the females staying in family groups all their lives, I put two together in this statement of closeness and interdependence, as one stands watch while the other drinks at the waterhole.

AWARDS:
John Stephen Jones purchase award, Bosque Conservatory Art Council, 2001
First Place for Sculpture, Bosque Conservatory Art Council, 2001
2018 Breckenridge (TX) Fine Arts Center's Annual Juried Art Show