NICK BIBBY | Swallow in Flight
Bronze
Edition 5 of 12
35.5 x 40.5 x 12.5 cms / 14 x 16 x 5 inches
Swallow in Flight captures a fleeting instant with sculptural elegance and poise. The bronze form, poised mid-arc, is suggestive of the effortless motion and vitality of these seasonal visitors. For Nick Bibby, few sights signal the arrival of summer more vividly than swallows darting over still water - chasing insects, skimming the surface, and animating the landscape with their joyful energy. Bibby is widely celebrated for his extraordinary skill as a wildlife sculptor, combining anatomical accuracy with an acute sensitivity to movement and character.
Nick Bibby is widely regarded as one of the preeminent sculptors of his generation.
From a young age, Bibby's passion has been nature and the natural world. Fascinated by both form and detail, Bibby models with a fluidity and energy that few can equal, simultaneously and effortlessly combining that energy with jewel-like attention to detail, resulting in sculptures that look as though they live and breathe.
The resulting sculptures are both beautiful works of art and loving portraits, be they birds, mammals, or humans.
Bibby's sculptures range from monumental to miniature, but all show exquisite attention to detail.
Throughout his artistic career, Bibby has received many notable commissions including a scientifically accurate life-size sculpture of a Dodo, on permanent exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, and in 2013 he was commissioned by Brown University to sculpt a monumental, life-size Kodiak Brown Bear, which stands in pride of place on their campus in Rhode Island.
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