Gary says “In 1991, after a long campaign, The Born
Free Foundation successfully released the last three dolphins ever held captive
in British dolphinariums back into the wild. Their new home was the open, turquoise
seas around the Turks and Caicos Islands set in the Caribbean.
“I
drew Freedom in response to the momentous occasion, as how I imagined the three
Bottlenose Dolphins were feeling after their release, finally free to roam the
ocean. The frothy white patterns of the water and the two shimmering shapes
beneath the sea, help set the scene just as much as the surfacing dolphin in my
opinion.”