{"product_id":"john-tolmay-whiff-on-the-wind","title":"John Tolmay - Whiff on the Wind","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info\"\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eWhiff on the Wind\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info auto-hyphens ng-scope\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ng-binding\"\u003eHyena\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003ebronze edition of 17\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e11.5h x 8w x 11L in \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"artwork-info ng-binding ng-scope\"\u003e$ 1,920\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Shipping Consultant will Call you with a Shipping Quote\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"single-piece-desc\"\u003eBronze Africa ‘Whiff on the Wind’\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"single-piece-body\"\u003eMy good friend Gerry Ohrstrom asked me to sculpt a Hyena as he wanted a gift for a man who had done a thesis on these strange animals. I accepted of course, not knowing that I was in for a long tour of duty. I took clay to Tanzania in 2008 where I was going to be on a hunt in the Selous Game Reserve with my good friend and long time hunting companion Michi Deckel. I started the sculpture and when I was told by my fellow guides it looked like a dog it was the beginning of repeatedly re-sculpting this piece. For me this was the most difficult animal that I have sculpted. The Hyena when he is hunted becomes extremely cunning and if he occurs on private land he is all but impossible to hunt. So here he\/she is, for not only are they difficult to hunt or sculpt, they are nearly impossible to sex.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn Tolmay\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in Southern Rhodesia in 1943, John Tolmay grew up immersed in the African bush, where an early fascination with wildlife and nature inspired him to begin drawing his observations. After agricultural college in South Africa, he traveled to Europe and the United States, working as a cowboy in Nebraska and New Mexico before returning to Rhodesia in 1966 to ranch.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTolmay began guiding African hunting safaris in 1974, an experience that gave him an intimate understanding of wildlife, movement, and anatomy - knowledge that would later become fundamental to his work as a sculptor. He completed and sold his first bronze in 1989 and has since devoted himself to capturing the animals and experiences of a lifetime spent in the wild.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA committed conservationist as well as an artist, Tolmay founded Zambia's Nyawa Pilot Project, promoting community-based wildlife management and a sustainable relationship between rural communities and their natural resources.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Banovich Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67608272830709,"sku":null,"price":1920.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0014\/8779\/8331\/files\/whiff-on-the-wind-03.jpg?v=1790972405","url":"https:\/\/shop.johnbanovich.com\/products\/john-tolmay-whiff-on-the-wind","provider":"Banovich Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}