Hello, I hope you are doing wonderfully!

A great deal of my time has been going toward my demanding film production schedule.  I am currently working on the animated film Hotel Transylvania 2, click here to see the latest official trailer.  But Running Free Horse is nearing completion and soon will be off to the foundry for casting into bronze.  Be sure to see the current sculptures at  All Dressed up for a Night at the Beach.

I had the clay of the two pieces of Running Free on display at the Wyland Gallery in Laguna Beach over New Year's.  Here is my blog post talking about it.  It was very exciting to have my work included with so much fantastic marine sculpture and paintings.  Those are my photographs on the left too.  They invited me back in July, I hope to see you there.
 

Looking forward to the next sculpture (after Running Free Dancer), I am thinking of sculpting otters, those cute little denizens of the waterways.  Otters are very playful creatures, so they would be a perfect subject for a sculpture.  My wife and I enjoy kayaking in Monterey Bay in northern California.  It is a marine preserve, home to many otters among the other vast array of sea life.  We see them floating blissfully on their backs in the gentle ocean swells, surrounded by kelp forests, diving under the surface if we get too close with the kayak.  

Otters are also found in rivers as well as the ocean.  They are graceful swimmers, with long sleek bodies and thick flat tails following behind.  They make fantastic shapes with their bodies as they swim.  This, of course, makes for a sculpture with elegant shape.  I sketched a few concept drawings to explore their shape and behavior.  A sculpture of one of them should fit nicely in my theme of play.

Please take a look at the drawings and vote for the ones you like the best.  You can rate all of them or just the one(s) you like.  Any comments or ideas are welcome too!

                                                                                             Thanks,
                                                                                             Terrence

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