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Garden

An important aspect of outdoor work is working in response to an expansive environment with changing seasons. Several objects can work well in a large environment as they provide a link to different locations.

The sample here includes representational and abstract work. Pieces may be discrete objects or form part of a group.

The subject matter is drawn from various sources including historical paintings, ancient monuments, political statues and modern sculpture.

Another useful aspect of outdoor work is that it is possible to work with scale and use a variety of durable materials.

The Celtic group of figures

13 Cast iron figures and 2 bronze resin figures.
Watching and growing; 15 identical small figures (40cm), a life size figure (160cm), a double life size figure (340cm).

This group is about growth and relativity. It is based around a woman standing in a particular position and comprises a variety of scale. The position of the figures was inspired by the Celtic cross formation of a group of standing stones in the outer Hebrides.




Boy and bubble

Cast iron, 60x50x25cm

Made after a Manet painting where a boy is blowing a bubble. He is full of promise though also contemplative and possibly a little sad. I thought of him as a young creator with his unformed creations swimming in a little bowl preparing themselves.


Lady and lute

Bronze resin, 122x58x30cm.


Large head

Cement fondue, 220x140x160.


Male and female form

Cement fondue, 200x80x80cm.

Anthropomoprphic vessels using repetition of shape to look at gender.


Wooden pair

Describing a conversation.


Wake and Sleep

Observations of the silhouette of a mountain reflected in a lake in Ireland, were reproduced by forming the outline doubling it and moving the horizontal to vertical.

 


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