"Kamchatka, the promised land of bears for salmon fishing! This sculpture is part of the "bear and fish" themed series that I am currently continuing to work on."

A revisited version of FISHING IN KAMCHATKA, this sculpture tells an additional story.

KAMCHATKA is the ARCADIA of bears, as the salmon resource is inexhaustible there. A fisch escapes : no big deal, the fisherman looks at the fugitive with amusement. He returns home with a determined step to feed his family, like the bear MARTIN of the fairy tales. A nod also to SAMIVEL whose illustrations of these fables enchanted me as a child and still enchant me as much.

This “The bear” , an ancient pagan god who was hunted down and dethroned in the Middle Ages by the lion, seizes fish in abundance. Revenge or harmony regained ?

But at the time of global warming and all the ecological issues, this representation could just as well, for future generations, become a new legend tribute to a disappeared profusion!

I entrusted the realization in bronze of this sculpture with rather large dimensions to the HARZE art foundry. For the patina, I chose a warm brown that brings out the green (copper nitrate) of the fish.

For the latest version of the Kamchatka trilogy, I imagined a bear delighted by his miraculous catch, whose fish fly away like birds—a poetic image. He watches them peacefully and smiling. No matter, he has enough left to feed his offspring!

For me, the bear symbolizes protection and the fish symbolize life.

The warm brown patina beautifully highlights the green of the fish, and the bronze base ensures the overall stability.