#35 Gliding by – Humpback whale
Gliding by - Humpback whale (L300mm x H320mm x D120mm composites)
Sculpting whales takes me to another place, for in the studio late at night, when the world outside is silent and asleep, a single light over the plinth focuses my attention and allows me to access a deeper knowledge, drawing on all those special times spent in the company of these extraordinary ocean mammals. My fingers trace invisible lines across the surface of the clay as a whale slowly emerges from the recesses of my mind, bringing memories to life and sharing those silent spaces between heartbeats, for at its essence I sense that, in its purest form, sculpture is poetry made visible.
And at times my imagination takes me into the water with the whales, the translucent blues and greens breaking through the surface like sacred shafts of light in a great cathedral as a lone humpback glides slowly by, its long flippers giving it a wonderful sense of weightlessness, pure ocean grace and harmony that touch my soul with an inner joy. And then the whale begins to sing, an ancient song passed down through countless generations that carry into the ocean realm the call to life itself, mystical transcendent notes that make every moment deeply real as I slowly bring the form of the humpback whale back into the light of day.
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