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My
goal is to model the life I have always tried to teach,
to practice self-sufficiency and to honor nature.
Warren
Arnold refers to himself as a “self-invented “ sculptor.
A native Californian, Arnold’s first career was teaching. After
earning a B. A. in education from the University of California at Berkeley
(followed later by an M.A. in Environmental Education from California
State University at Hayward), he was hired by the Orinda School District,
where he was Director of Science and Environmental Education for twenty
years. Toward the end of that period, he began his career as a sculptor,
which he has pursued with great success
His
work, which reflects natural forms and environmental themes, graces
hundreds of private homes and some public sites throughout California. He
has participated in dozens of juried shows, appeared in television
interviews, and has been the subject of numerous magazine and newspaper
articles.
The
Whale Totems, a major project by Mr. Arnold, will be a series of six whale
sculpture installations along the California coast, from Big Sur to
Trinidad. The first of these, a single whale breaching, has been placed at
the vista point at Ventana in Big Sur. As the path of the whales
progresses northward, one more whale will be added at each site, so that
as one follows the sculptures along the whales’ migratory route, there
will be an unfolding of the phases of their life as seen from the
artist’s perspective. Each of the totems will be situated near
whale-watching spots and will be visible from the ocean as well as from
the land.
Warren
Arnold lives on a small farm in Sebastopol with his wife Maile, who is a
noted landscape designer.
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