Following her acclaimed Whale Fluke paintings (2018), Dumas pushed her explorations creating a unique 3D sculpture of Whale Bones as seen on the shores of sacred sites from Antartica to Alaska. 

The Gateway (Whale Bones) is the artist homage to Whale, an opening into the sacred. The artist references the use of whale bones in Alaska, where they mark the entrance to a sacred site, or the grave of a shaman. This sculpture in two parts can either be installed as an Archway, that the viewer passes through, or as a single unit, creating the start of a double helix.

Ancient coastal cultures saw Whale as a deity and a guardian of the sea. The Hawaiians call them Koholas, the guardians of sacred energy. The Gateway sculpture aims to activate this energy into the space it is installed in.

The Gateway, is comprised of two large halves, both signed with aluminum plates carved by the artist and attached under both metal stands. Each sculpture is created with an aluminum and steel structure covered with white plaster and pigments, then sealed with a natural matte finishing varnish.

Complementing the 3D sculptures related to the Ocean, we are presenting Dumas "Erased Paintings" which she painstakingly painted, sanded, and cleaned to finally throw into the ocean in a symbolic gesture of "erasing" human self-centeredness.