Michael Binkley

Dream of the Seahorse (Original Art)

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Travertine on Marble Base
12" x 8.5" x 7.5" / 30.48cm x 20.32cm x 17.78cm
Sculpture (Canadian Dollar): $1,250.00

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Normally, I know what the sculpture composition will look like in my head before I begin work. There may be a slight variation as I work, due to surprises of the stone pattern, structural weaknesses, etc., but I generally know what my destination is. 

Not so with this sculpture. The raw piece of travertine was fairly thin, so I did not have a lot of depth to work with. I wanted to create an abstract composition with serpentine lines and I started with the bottom section, developing an idea as I worked. Once the spiral shape was defined, I wanted to create opposing curves in the upper section. And so it unfolded slowly. I deceded to mount the sculpture on an angle on the elliptical marble base to add a bit of visual tension. Once done, the image of a seahorse kept naggling my brain, so that's where the title comes from.