Twilight Repose

About this artwork

Created from an amazing specimen of gray Texas limestone, the essence and spirit of a black bear quietly resides. Tree frogs chirp, a gentle breeze brings the scent of spring time flowers, and the pink moon brings the promise of another fruitful season. Sit quietly with the essence of this bear spirit and become one with nature's whispers. Once again stone is rescued from a discard pile. Occasionally I get to visit the "bone yard" of an industrial stone mill and the discards found there, while not useful for construction, are perfect for creative endeavors. With help from the manager, we dug this lone piece of grey stone out of the pile. It took a few months for the stone to tell me what it wanted to be, and of course it was not what I had been designing. If there is one thing I have learned from stone it is respect the stone by listening to it. So I started to carve a purely abstract sculpture and along the way discovered I was carving the essence and spirit of the black bear, currently on the Texas "Threatened/Endangered" list. I find it intriguing that stone quarried from Texas and discarded as worthless, desired to represent the spirit of an endangered species. Nature works in mysterious ways. 3-D dimensions are 18" wide x 20.125" tall x 9" deep