At the Waterhole art-code-GXS-029 Inlaid with Turquoise and set

Inlaid with Turquoise and set with 12 round brilliant cut diamond

Good creative ideas are only as good as the execution and when I conceived the idea of a literal photographic depiction of Daniel in a cave with wild lions

1 1/4 inches at widest down to 5/8 inches

but a deep respect for Americana and the Final Frontier

I also wanted to be low and close and I wanted a big crocodile - why on earth photograph a small one

At the Waterhole art-code-GXS-029 Inlaid with Turquoise and set5" 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,