Cast Off I

2005

Bronze, edition of 9, on granite or slate

Patina: Warm Green

Foundry: Livingstone Art Founders, Matfield, Kent

approximate size: 28 cm high and 26 cm wide

The very first sculpture to bring my inner life to the outside. Doesn’t he make you cry? There is a quiet grace to the bend in his little neck while he is very carefully peering into the abyss. Can he make it, are his little legs strong enough to carry him over? He just is not sure at all, not sure at all. It is clear though that there is no choice, he has got to go for it. What happened? Look at the other 6 in the series…