“I like to think of myself as a storyteller, only instead of words I use the warmth and grain of the various woods to tell my stories in sculptures.” Gerd Utermann

Created for the 2012 Celebration of The Arts Sculpture Symposium, standing 10 ft tall, the bear is carved from a single piece of timber. The Bear Family, initially finished in natural wood, was painted in 2019 to help preserve it.

Photo: Vlad Umnov