Black Rhino Bronze Sculpture

Model JP1001

Diceros Bicornis - the ‘Hook Lipped’ - Black Rhinoceros is an awesome and awe inspiring animal. Beware his temper, and his incredible speed and agility when it comes to exercising that temper! The pre-hensile lip for plucking leaves from bushes and trees, is the most notable characteristic compared with it’s cousin the white or square lipped Rhino. It is smaller in size than the white rhino, but more formidable as it is much more aggressive of the two.

I’ve always wanted to sculpt a rhino, ever since I bought William Kentridge’s one and only Rhino charcoal and chalk masterpiece back in the mid 80’s. So I have finally got round to it, and made this part of my renaissance movement.

With sculpting animals, as with humans, no two are the same - you can see from the photographs of Black Rhinos how their body shapes, their musculature, and their proportions change according to age and environment.

This bronze is now complete, mounted on a black granite base, and I am delighted with the end result. I love the movement, and the feeling of weight with this piece - something that is very important to me.

Standing 16.5cms at the shoulder, and 30 cms in length, this bronze will also be a series of 15, each signed and numbered.