Today we are going to pass by a sculpture of 'Ophelia' in bronze that introduces us to the fictional character from the play "Hamlet" by Wiliam Shakespeare. A Shakespearean character who ended up drowned in a stream when she fell into it and who portrays the anguish she suffered for life as a crazy person.
Something that sculptor Michael Talbot brings to his work with this sculpture where the character rises from a monolith to make its way with arms wide open and that she tries to leave that stone that grabs her before her inevitable destiny.
A selected theme for this sculpture that is a great subject for it due to the metaphor of the work. The way he uses stone and create the water pattern where Ophelia drowns. The color of the stone itself darkens the lower it is with a degradation that could show the sinking of Ophelia herself.
Also, for Star Wars fans it may remind you of Han Solo when he is petrified in that sculpture, although where the artist focuses is on the references given on the play of William Shakespeare.
In reference to Michael Talbot, it is a sculptor who studied at the Royal Academy of Arts in London and that, from your website on Facebook you can follow his sculptures modeled in bronze. It is also worth seeing some other works where the sculptures take a great height and turn the human figures into long ones that seem to have no end.
And it is that we are before an artist who has a multitude of noteworthy sculptures and to see himself with special attention to the human figure, as you may have seen from his Facebook. An artist to follow if the sculptures and the selected theme is just what evokes and inspires you.