20.5” X 23” X 14”

Bronze

Following on from ‘Seal’ and ‘From the Sea’ I wanted to do another large abstract piece that originated from a piece of discarded dock floatation I found out front of my studio. This piece, while relatively boxy, somehow reminded me of a log. Now the logs I love have two core elements. They all have the hole used in tying the booms together, and the ones I really love have the rope wrapped around the bottom or the top. With that as my starting point I charged off. My favourite middle kid found the perfect rope for the base and I had to figure out what to do to the top. There were many iterations, some simple and some super complex, but I settled on trying to tie in the shapes and forms that remind me of the sea. The languid shape of a fish, the neck of a loon, the ever presence of shell-life, and most importantly the textures and colours of the log itself. For this piece I wanted the randomness of colour that you find when something has been outside and in the water for years. I also wanted the depth of a true patina that is so multi layered and multi coloured that evolves from the passing of time.