Sculpture

Working on this one
Asked the grape vine if she minds
Go ahead she said
NFS

She cut her long hair
Oopsy the scissors slipped
What will mother say
Mixed media

A divine clear orb
Landed on this sculptures head
Blessings from spirit
Life size terracotta with underglazes

Bird of the dark moon
Black Raven says nevermore
Enchanted creature
Life size Terracotta with underglazes

Watching the shadows
acknowledging our dark side
So that we may grow
Terracotta with underglazes – Life size OAK

Passion and fury
Strong woman from Wonderland
Carroll’s Queen of Hearts
Terracotta with underglazes

Green tendrils and vines
Slender arms reach for the sun
Little bird sitting
Life sized ceramic sculpture – OAK

Broken in pieces
Staying strong, rising upwards
Never defeated
Terracotta and broken antique china

Snow moon and white dove
Warrior woman of peace
Way of compassion
One of a kind -White clay with black underglaze – Private collection

A new collection of unfired ceramic sculpture finished 6th Feb 2021. I will probably do a bit more work on the underglazes.

Here are the three ceramic sculptures with a black background.

THE PETRIFIED FOREST
Terracotta with underglazes – Life-size – OAK

COMPASSION IN A BROKEN DISH
OAK – Life size – Fusion – Private collection Australia
I am creating an ongoing series of sculptures that are inspired by a dish of ancient broken china that was dug up in Avoca, Victoria and found at an antique shop in Maldon – Thank you Fiona

LITTLE YOGINI
Bronze

DREAMING SHARD [Alice after the tea-party]
OAK- life size – Fusion

SUNKISSED
BRONZE
[limited edition 17] – Orders taken
3 in private collections – 2 Australia, 1 Italy

March hare broke the china – Ceramic and antique china

THE AVOCA SHARD [Alice after the tea party 3]
OAK – Fusion [relief]

A FRAGMENT IN TIME [Alice after the tea party 4]
OAK – Fusion

THE SHARD OF LIFE [Alice after the tea party 5]
OAK – Fusion

GIRL WITH AN APPLE
Terracotta with underglazes – OAK – Private collection Italy

BROKEN [Alice after the tea party 6]
Fusion – OAK [relief]

TRANCENDING TRANSIENCE
Fusion – OAK [relief]

LITTLE BALLERINA SITTING
Bronze [limited edition] – orders taken
3 in private collections

BLACK RAIN MESSENGER
Life size – Oak – Fusion
Black rain messenger
Yellow tailed cockatoo
Low flying prophet

PEACE
Bronze on wooden stand – limited edition
A transformation
Skin to clay, wax and metal
Now a small bronze bust

SLEEPING LADY NUMBER ONE
OAK life size – Ceramic – Private collection Italy

FROM THE EARTH
Fusion – Life size head OAK – Private collection Australia

THE PETRIFIED FOREST
OAK -Terracotta clay with underglazes

WHITE COCKATOO GIRL
Life size OAK – White clay with underglazes

Three sculptures that were on show at the Ash Tree Gallery, Taradale, Vic., 2019 – group exhibition of artists from the Tara Creative Centre and part of the Castlemaine Fringe Festival…Curator Kate Osborne.

THE RAT AND I
The rodent and I
Singing little ratty songs
Happy together
– Terra-cotta with finish – OAK

KISS OF NIGHT
Life size OAK-FUSION
Clouds embrace rose
Mystic veil much thinner now
Nights kiss coming down

Raven black as coal
Wings bring obsidian gifts
Snowflake dreams inside
OBSIDIAN TEACHINGS – Ceramic with finishes – OAK

PUSHING THROUGH THE PAIN – Ceramic

Vortex energy
Slumbering rocks grow lichen
Brown lizard basking
BROWN LIZARD BASKING_FUSION_OAK

Never divided
We fall to earth regardless
Snow white dove of peace
NEVER DIVIDED_FUSION_OAK

Letting it all go
Like the brown snakes on the rocks
Learning to shed skins
LEARNING TO SHED SKINS-FUSION-OAK

Like the candle glow
Light divine fills dark spaces
Hope is refulgent
LIGHT DIVINE_FUSION_OAK

Hair grows a lizard
Shape shifting shaman woman
Dreamtime brings knowing
DREAMTIME BRINGS KNOWING-FUSION-OAK-LIFESIZED

Snow and clinker-bells
Frost crunches under cold feet
Harshest winter yet
SNOW AND CLINKER-BELLS_FUSION_OAK_Life sized head

Green halcyon days
Trees beholden to no-one
Sweet breath of nature
GREEN HALCYON DAYS_FUSION_OAK

WHO COULD FORGET ALICE
Terracotta with underglazes – OAK

Trees hide miracles
Rock a bye feathered ones
Just a little nest
THE BIRDS NEST-FUSION-OAK-Lifesize – Private collection

Gum leaves and blossom
Branches embrace a wee nest
High up in a tree
BIRDS NEST LADY-OAK-FUSION- Life size

Named Druantia
She-Spirit of the forest
Spreading green magick
SPIRIT OF THE FOREST-FUSION-OAK-Lifesize

After Sunday’s storm
On the path some mistletoe
Clay and wood unite
AFTER THE STORM-FUSION-OAK-Lifesize

From enchanted lands
Black Brobdingnagian crow
Green egg of rebirth
BLACK BROBDINGNAGIAN CROW-FUSION-OAK-

She of the forest
Listen hard you will hear her
Singing her green healing songs
SHE OF THE FOREST-FUSION-OAK – Private collection

Pretty little mask
World sees only half of her
High up in a tree
Terracotta and underglazes

Magical barn owl
Awareness from the shadows
Heart shaped messages
HEART SHAPED MESSAGES_FUSION_OAK_LIFESIZED

A face on a tree
Watching all who pass on by
Up the garden path
Terracotta and underglazes

Traveling dark roads
Cimmerian shade covers all
Crow dreaming brings light
CIMMERIAN SHADE_FUSION_OAK_LIFE SIZE

Yogini’s Grotto
Talking trees and forest folk
Green meditation
THE YOGINI’S GROTTO-FUSION-OAK
Private collection, Australia

Alice is her name
Inspiration from Lewis
Sad end to my tale
ALICE AND THE FUNERAL OF THE MARCH HARE-OAK-CERAMIC-HANDPAINTED-18 inches high 9 inches at base – OAK

The crow has landed
Shadows of the underworld
Darkness grows the light
THE CROW HAS LANDED-GLAZED CERAMIC-Life size-OAK-Private collection Australia

An uprooted tree
Flowing downstream, grows into
The Vaughan Springs Dryad
VAUGHAN SPRINGS DRYAD-FUSION, OAK

Strange days indeed John
Of big fishes and women
Seeding the whole world
Title-STRANGE DAYS INDEED-Fusion – OAK

Wondrous silver orb
Blue air sings pearly moon songs
Bewitching Goddess
PEARLY MOON SONGS-FUSION-OAK-Life size relief head

PEARLY MOON SONGS – FUSION, OAK – Hanging next to my two paintings

MOTHER AND CHILD – Ceramic with bronze patina- OAK

THE SCREAM OF THE FALLEN MISTLETOE – FUSION, OAK

THE EMERGENCE – OAK – FUSION. Life-size head – Private collection

THE DRYADS KNOT –
FUSION- OAK –
Private collection

MEDUSA –
FUSION [Ceramic, gold leaf, antique frame] OAK – Private collection Australia

LITTLE FISH GIRL – OAK – Ceramic – Private collection Australia