The Artist:

I am a Marine Life Sculptor and Artist. I was born in 1942 and named Dick Wisshack. Between my Norwegian heritage and having a great-grandfather as a whaler, it has increased my fascination and the love I have with the mysteries of the sea.

Many years went by and I was fortunate to have met two renowned sculptors in 1989, Dick Hotchkiss and Jack Richardson in Grass Valley, California. Both were teaching clay sculpturing at an evening class I attended at a nearby college. They had a special gift of bringing out the talent and confidence from within their pupils, encouraging each one to reach deeper within and develop their own style in their art. Today, I thank both of them for their guidance, friendship and encouragement as well as God for giving me a talent that was hidden and now speaks from my soul into each piece of my art.

The following quotation still expresses what it means to me to create a sculpture...

"...with God's guidance I placed a piece of clay within my hands, I squeezed, pressed and molded it, and it yielded to my will. Days later...this form had not changed."

Currently, my work is in private collections in California, Oregon, Arizona, Georgia, Floria, Great Britian, China and Mexico.

I have just unveiled new Bronze sculptures, greeting cards and t-shirt designs from the eye-to-eye experiences I had during my trips in 2004, 2005 and 2007 with the Humpback whales.