"Nicodemus" is an old soul.

Sea Turtles making a comeback

This Turtle "Nicodemus" is in my new gallery Earth & Sea in Kapaa, Kauai. He is a very old soul. I hand sculpted him from a stone-like epoxy resin clay. I had dozens of photographs of Hawaiian Green Sea Tutles when I was working this winter in Kauai. Went snorkeling and saw many Sea Turtles in the ocean and even saw them from the cliffs above the water. The Hawaiian Green Sea Turtles are making a comeback from when their numbers dwindled and they faced extinction. They are still endangered and have so many challenges to their survival but at least in most countries they are NOT on the menu in restaurants. It seems that there is a great awareness of Sea Turtles especially among children. I was working on one a few months ago in my studio at night and some people walked by on the side walk and I could hear a 3 or 4 year old chatting. As the passed the window the child stopped talking and almost began chanting turtleturtleturtleturtle. It gave me goose bumps or as they say in Hawaii...Chicken Skin!