Offered by Marcus von Skepsgardh

By exhibiting these sculptures, you can be a part of environmental education and solutions.

Art gives man a means to communicate passion and to share higher intentions through beauty. If an artist can impact the viewer to go deeper within themselves or to promote a message, then he/she has succeeded.

"In the “Whale Forest Sculptures” I embedded my love of planet earth as a whole in her varied aspects of the creation. My desire is for these sculptures to send out the symbol of
planetary connection and inspire others to protect all endangered species, in the human, plant and animal kingdoms. With that in mind, I offer The Whale Forest to be purchased or leased and exhibited for the public.”

- Marcus von Skepsgardh

Click the tab links above for details of the Whale Forest Garden redwood sculptures, including:

• The time is now for environmental awareness
• History, descriptions, photos and prices of the individual sculptures
• Biographies of the artist
• Offering price, lease options and appraisal summary
• Publicity & education possibilities with Whale Forest Sculptures

For more information or to purchase please contact the artist:
Marcus von Skepsgardh
email: inquiry @ EndangeredSpeciesArtSculptures.com

The Time is Now

The time is now and perhaps time is running out to stand up for our environment and raise public awareness. Marcus von Skepsgardh, owner of the “Whale Forest” Sculptures, is, for the first time offering these sculptures for sale. Since their creation, Marcus has regularly made these sculptures available to an environmental, non-profit organization he co-founded, The PAL Foundation* for use in artistic, educational, and environmental events. While he feels an undeniable affinity for these sculptures, as they have graced his land and working environment over the years, Marcus believes that these sculptures carry a strong message and should therefore be available for a larger public to to appreciate, enjoy and bring about Environmental consciousness and change.

* The PAL Foundation (Protect All Life) is a 501 c (3) non-profit organization dedicated to raising environmental awareness through creating interactive, educational artwork and programs and by recycling trees into their highest values. The organization started the San Francisco Bay Area’s first non-profit tree recycling yard. Through the tree recycling program, PAL was able to divert over 2000 tons of urban logs from the Bay Area landfills each year.

The History of the Whale Forest Sculptures

The “Whale Forest” is a family of life-size sculptures, including the “Humpback Whale and her Calf”, the “African Elephant” and the “Galapagos Turtle.” All are considered a family, as they were actually carved from the same ancient, old-growth redwood tree, salvaged by the artists and turned into these spectacular one-of-a-kind sculptures. In addition, Marcus is presenting the “Hawaiian Monk Seal.”

During the birth of the project in the early '90s, the artists hooked up with rock concert promoter "Bill Graham Presents" and became part of the 23 cities tour known as H.O.R.D.E (Horizons of Rock Developing Everywhere). All sculptures were staged on a 40' flatbed truck and exhibited during the events. The purpose was to bring about positive change and environmental education with cutting edge interactive artwork with which to engage.

All of the sculptures that make up the Whale Forest come from “recycled” or salvaged logs. None were felled for purposes of creating these sculptures. The artists maintain that the spirit of each salvaged tree, in its natural state, knows what form it wants to take on. Be it a whale, an elephant, or a turtle, each log contains a unique potential, specific to only that log. The grand creatures that materialized in these sculptures, speak from the trees, for the trees, to each of us. They offer us the breath of life. Their message: “Be aware of the natural gifts we have been given, appreciate them, protect them, and honor them.”

California’s magnificent Coast Redwoods are one of the world’s tallest and oldest known trees. Average mature trees, several thousand years old, stand from 200 to 240 feet tall and have diameters of 10-15 feet, and some trees have been measured at more than 360 feet. In the most favorable parts of their range, Coast Redwoods can live more than two thousand years. Only 2 percent of the Coast Redwoods that once covered much of the Pacific Coast still exists.

The origin of the “Humpback Whale and Her Calf”, the “African Elephant” the “Galapagos Turtle” sculptures date back to the discovery, in 1994, of an old-growth redwood log on the property of a defunct sawmill in Wilits, California. The original log was 41 feet long and nine feet in diameter. This log was obtained by the artists and transported to a workspace in the San Francisco Bay Area, where it was subsequently carved into this family of sculptures over an extended period of time.

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