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Jeffrey Dean
United States
Related collection
Artworks Inspired by Fritz Wotruba
291 pieces
Artist highlights
- Major permanent collection
- Prizewinner
- Covered by the Press
- Works on commission
Artwork details
- Medium : Wood Without Stand
- Dimensions : Length: 32in, Height: 78in, Depth: 32in
About this artwork
Carved in the year 2000, I weathered this interior Alaska white spruce carving over about 14 years to get the grey patina that depicts a lone polar bear basking in the first faint rays of the arctic spring’s sunshine.
It’s a reminder of the fresh outlook spring carries with it and the fragile future this welcome sunshine brings to a warming arctic.
Here is the poem I wrote to accompany it.
With all the waning light of noonday dawn,
The day will… end before its yet begun,
And dark and broad the wind will range and howl,
Yet never wrest the sleep from bear below.
Her drift worn tracks no longer share their lore,
Faint breaths now rise but soon will glaze the floor,
And deep in heavy slumber, she is borne,
To places, only yesterdays have been.
Through dreamlike icy barrens all alone,
She paces winter’s heartbeats with her own,
And when the season’s song is fully sung,
She’ll rise to greet the year’s First Arctic Sun.
It’s a reminder of the fresh outlook spring carries with it and the fragile future this welcome sunshine brings to a warming arctic.
Here is the poem I wrote to accompany it.
With all the waning light of noonday dawn,
The day will… end before its yet begun,
And dark and broad the wind will range and howl,
Yet never wrest the sleep from bear below.
Her drift worn tracks no longer share their lore,
Faint breaths now rise but soon will glaze the floor,
And deep in heavy slumber, she is borne,
To places, only yesterdays have been.
Through dreamlike icy barrens all alone,
She paces winter’s heartbeats with her own,
And when the season’s song is fully sung,
She’ll rise to greet the year’s First Arctic Sun.
Jeffrey Dean
United States
Credentials
- Major permanent collection
- Prizewinner
- Covered by the Press
- Works on commission
« Beauty and harmony are vital in our lives. They nourish us as we experience great artworks. My challenge is to distill and convey what's inspired me clearly and harmoniously. »
Jeffrey Dean is an award-winning American sculptor whose works are deeply rooted in nature. Whether they are realistic or organic abstract, he enjoys incorporating narratives into some of his compositions. Dean utilizes techniques he has developed over the past thirty years in the creation of single and multi-layered metal and wood wall art. The interplay on the metal’s surface of variations in natural and artificial lighting gives them a range of characteristics not found in art made with other materials.
