Dan West (1942-2021)
It is with a heavy hearts we share with you Dan's passing on October 3, 2021. He was a dear friend and cherished member of the gallery family.
His sense of humor, creativity, and enthusiasm will be missed by all who knew and loved him.
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His sense of humor, creativity, and enthusiasm will be missed by all who knew and loved him.
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"Great Blue Heron" Bronze 68" x 55" $15,000
Cormorant Swimming ( largest) Bronze 6 x 25 x 6 $3,200
"Flying Heron" cast iron wings and sculpted body 5" x 10" x 10" $950 sold
Kingfisher Bronze 7" x 12" x 5" $2,600
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Cormorant Drying Its Wings" Bronze 9" x 20" $4,800
"Hunkered Heron" Bronze
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"Long Loon" Sculpted driftwood 7" x 26" x 6" $750
Dan West's bronze herons, "Big Blue Heron" and "Hunkered Heron," welcome visitors to the UMaine Memorial Union lobby
The best of form to my eyes is found in the natural world: all living things, animal or vegetable, have evolved to survive and thrive and, in the process, perfect form. I focus primarily on fish and saltwater birds, and an occasional land creature as well; as much as possible I work with driftwood and other found materials to keep close to nature. As I sculpt a piece, I strive to retain as much of the original form and surface as I can and let the object speak for itself. Hopefully, the result is a work retaining "wildness" in which the origin of the material is recognizable. Releasing a creature from nature is my best chance to create a significant sculpture.
~ Dan West
~ Dan West
Dan was the Sculptor-in-Residence at UMaine in the fall of 2018 as part of the Littlefield Gallery Sculptor-in-Residence Series. Two of his Bronze hunkered herons are on permanent display at the University of Maine.
