'' FREEDOM''

'' FREEDOM'' bronze H- 18.5'' I was commissioned by the Fox River Wisconsin heritage Parkway to create a sculpture that would celebrate and bring awareness to their handicap assessable kayaking and canoe ramps. In my sculpture I show a young man who has left his wheelchair behind and is running whitewater rapids in his kayak. Using a slashing diagonal design I sculpted the water loosely and with movement in it. I also incorporated a wheelchair smaller in scale and as a bar relief in the base. Even though he does not have the use of his legs, he has left the confinement and restrictions of the wheelchair behind. Now he is in control of his own destiny, living in the moment and feeling the freedom and rush of being on the water.