Dexter York Wildlife She drew strength and inspiration

She drew strength and inspiration from the configurations of mountains

edition # 1/25

he began a serious pursuit of sculpting

feather and bone

Dexter York Wildlife She drew strength and inspirationLARGE 52" x 100" Framed: 67" x 115" STANDARD Framed 52" x 86" This image ended up close to the preconceived vision I had on arrival on the Zambezi River. My goal was a full on face off portrait of a hippopotamus, which emphatically conveyed both the enormity of a bull and also the primeval bone structure of his face. Hippos are half contemporary African wildlife, half dinosaur, and 100 percent lethal when compromised. I wanted to get close and low,