First Encounter

Artist: STEPHANIE BESTER
Title: FIRST ENCOUNTER,7/9 (2015/19)

Medium: Bronze on Wood

Size: 67x15x15cm

This sculpture is base on Anthony Lawrence’s book “Elephant Whisperer”. It suggests a matriarchal relationship of peace and harmony. At a first encounter with an elephant, one tends to respond with awe or fear. But the discarded spear, bending pose and touch suggest whispers of admiration and love