Newby23 Sculpture Park
23rd June - 2nd October 2023
Planning has started for this year's outdoor sculpture park. This will be the event's eighteenth year and will see stunning, contemporary artwork lining a trail through the woodlands, the orchard and along the River Ure.
The sculpture park is just one of our hugely popular attractions here at Newby Hall & Gardens and last year we were delighted to receive the prestigious Tourist Attraction of the Year from the Yorkshire Post. It was a great honour when up against such fantastic competition and highlights the wonderful offering we are fortunate to be able to share with you.
The sculpture park will be open to wander through and enjoy with a gardens admission ticket. All the works will be on sale.
If you're an artist and interested in being part of Newby23 please email us.
Explore last year's trail and learn more about the artists behind the work
Pompeii Torso
Gothic Tower
Goldburst Planet
Shell Fragment
Growing
Blue Marlin
Whale Flukes
Over My Shoulder
Cyclist
Mute Swan
Temple Sheep
The Three Funky Monkeys
Nocturne
Kairos
Girl in a Polka Dot Dress
Cocker Spaniel
Fossil Fruits
Diving Otters
Octopus
Green Man
Ruin
The 'Os' II
Stag's Head
Torso
Anteater
In the Morning
The Deer
Swirl
Bats, Lovebats and Rook
Border Collie plus Geese I, II, III
Vixen and Fox Cub
The Flying Emerald
Owl Alighting
Unity
Serenity
Woodland Dryad
Landing Barn Owl
Sitting Hares
Pompeii Torso
Tom Allan
Portland Stone
£625
Tom Allan has been producing sculpture since 1977 and became a full-time sculptor in 1999. In 2004, Tom began teaching stone carving at Glasgow Sculpture Studios.
He works mainly in stone and marble, has participated in numerous group and solo exhibitions throughout Britain, and frequently attends international sculpture symposia.
Tom works in Glasgow and Carrara, and his sculptures are in public and private collections in Europe, Australia, and the Americas as well as numerous locations in Scotland.
The stone sculptures Tom has on show at Newby demonstrate an expressive art form, shaping the materials to convey emotion, to suggest ideas and feelings.
Gothic Tower
Tom Allan
Red Sandstone
£425
Tom Allan has been producing sculpture since 1977 and became a full-time sculptor in 1999. In 2004, Tom began teaching stone carving at Glasgow Sculpture Studios.
He works mainly in stone and marble, has participated in numerous group and solo exhibitions throughout Britain, and frequently attends international sculpture symposia.
Tom works in Glasgow and Carrara, and his sculptures are in public and private collections in Europe, Australia, and the Americas as well as numerous locations in Scotland.
The stone sculptures Tom has on show at Newby demonstrate an expressive art form, shaping the materials to convey emotion, to suggest ideas and feelings.
Goldburst Planet
Tom Allan
Marble, slate, gold leaf
£1,020
Tom Allan has been producing sculpture since 1977 and became a full-time sculptor in 1999. In 2004, Tom began teaching stone carving at Glasgow Sculpture Studios.
He works mainly in stone and marble, has participated in numerous group and solo exhibitions throughout Britain, and frequently attends international sculpture symposia.
Tom works in Glasgow and Carrara, and his sculptures are in public and private collections in Europe, Australia, and the Americas as well as numerous locations in Scotland.
The stone sculptures Tom has on show at Newby demonstrate an expressive art form, shaping the materials to convey emotion, to suggest ideas and feelings.
Shell Fragment
Tom Allan
Portland stone, beach pebble
£750
Tom Allan has been producing sculpture since 1977 and became a full-time sculptor in 1999. In 2004, Tom began teaching stone carving at Glasgow Sculpture Studios.
He works mainly in stone and marble, has participated in numerous group and solo exhibitions throughout Britain, and frequently attends international sculpture symposia.
Tom works in Glasgow and Carrara, and his sculptures are in public and private collections in Europe, Australia, and the Americas as well as numerous locations in Scotland.
The stone sculptures Tom has on show at Newby demonstrate an expressive art form, shaping the materials to convey emotion, to suggest ideas and feelings.
Growing
Tom Allan
Maltese limestone, wood base
£625
Tom Allan has been producing sculpture since 1977 and became a full-time sculptor in 1999. In 2004, Tom began teaching stone carving at Glasgow Sculpture Studios.
He works mainly in stone and marble, has participated in numerous group and solo exhibitions throughout Britain, and frequently attends international sculpture symposia.
Tom works in Glasgow and Carrara, and his sculptures are in public and private collections in Europe, Australia, and the Americas as well as numerous locations in Scotland.
The stone sculptures Tom has on show at Newby demonstrate an expressive art form, shaping the materials to convey emotion, to suggest ideas and feelings.
Blue Marlin
Graham Anderton
Galvanised mild steel, mirror flake paint
£4,080
Graham Anderton`s skills of heating, bending, welding and machining metals all give different and spectacular results. This skill, coupled with his passion for excellence and integrity into designing metal and shaping into an art form is appreciated and valued by his clients and has created an unmistakable Graham Anderton brand.
Graham’s impressive Blue Marlin was inspired by a holiday in Cape Verde.
Whale Flukes
Graham Anderton
Stainless steel
£5,440
Graham Anderton`s skills of heating, bending, welding and machining metals all give different and spectacular results. This skill, coupled with his passion for excellence and integrity into designing metal and shaping into an art form is appreciated and valued by his clients and has created an unmistakable Graham Anderton brand.
Graham's ironic take on the whale’s tail is made from upcycled stainless steel from fish frying ranges.
Cyclist
Graham Anderton
Galvanised mild steel
£4,760
Graham Anderton`s skills of heating, bending, welding and machining metals all give different and spectacular results. This skill, coupled with his passion for excellence and integrity into designing metal and shaping into an art form is appreciated and valued by his clients and has created an unmistakable Graham Anderton brand.
The original Cyclists were made to celebrate the Yorkshire Grand Départ for the Tour de France in 2014 and can now be found cycling down the Bond End in Knaresborough.
Here at Newby is one extra, still on the move.
Mute Swan
Clare Bigger
Stainless Steel
£15,000
Clare Bigger is a figurative sculptor who captures the spontaneity of movement in her work, using stainless steel to create contemporary, fluid forms and to bring a lightness and grace to her sculptures. She exhibits internationally, producing both private and public commissions featuring her two passions: sport and nature.
Her childhood was spent in Africa and she has travelled extensively, both fuelling her appreciation and curiosity for the natural world. She also has a black belt in taekwondo, giving her an intimate understanding of movement, which imbues her work with a dynamism, whether it’s a swooping bird, a dancer balancing en pointe, boxing hares or a sprinter in full flight.
Clare's work at Newby, the Mute Swan, beautifully captures this understanding of movement as it takes off beside the River Ure.
Temple Sheep
Fiona Bowley
Carved stucco
£10,880 for the pair
The Temple Sheep are inspired by the sky-gazing Bluefaced Leicester sheep that relax in the fields around my home near Skipton, North Yorkshire. This sheep breed has served as my muse for some years.
The majestic pose, and the elaborately decorated fleece are intended to create a sense of wonder and admiration.
The carving of their fleeces uses the techniques of the Assyrian craftsmen working in the 8th century BCE; craftsmen who carved the lion hunts and winged bulls now in the British Museum. They are made from stucco, a cement-based material much used by ancient civilisations.
Temple Sheep were made for the entrance to the Ionic Temple on Rievaulx Terrace, near Helmsley as part of my solo exhibition for the National Trust in 2019.
Over My Shoulder
Pat Bull
Bronze
£1,750
I find few things as exciting as chancing upon wildlife that is seldom seen. This happened during lockdown on a walk through a village churchyard, when out of the corner of my eye I spotted a Green Woodpecker feeding on the grass.
I observed for a moment until it spotted me and flew up into a nearby yew tree. From there it looked back over its shoulder to check I was at a safe distance.
This moment remained in my thoughts and inspired me to create this sculpture, the woodpecker clinging to the vertical surface, cocking its head to have a peek behind.
Nocturne
Pat Bull
Bronze on marble stand
£3,750
After finishing his Fine Art degree Pat Bull began working at a fine art foundry, finishing bronze sculptures and learning the art of patina under colleague and fellow artist Matt Duke.
Pat now uses his skills, developed over a decade long career in the sculpture industry to design and make his own bronze sculpture.
With a keen interest in wildlife, birds form the main focus for Pat’s work. He aims to create sculptures that have the individual character and movement that different birds have, be that the alertness of a Blackbird poised on a perch or the frenzy as a group of Sparrows gathers together.
Pat says...
I often see Barn Owls quartering across the fields when out at the break of day or late in the evening, however I have yet to chance upon a Tawny Owl. These elusive birds are completely nocturnal and sleep during the day, their plumage helping them disappear amongst the trees.
I regularly hear them calling to each other, the classic twit-twoo at night through my window. I have always loved the Tawny owl, its beautiful varied colours and its amazingly dark eyes, like two black onyx gems, watching in the dark for its unfortunate prey.
Kairos
Kate Denton
Bronze (# 2 /12)
£17,500
This sculpture was made as part of an exhibition entitled “Burning Ambition” which used the fable of Icarus to explore the human condition – how we all reach for the sky and we all eventually succumb to our weaknesses. It followed Kate’s extraordinary recovery from the most severe form of cancer. “Kairos” is a Greek word meaning “the opportune and decisive moment” and seems the perfect word to describe when Icarus first takes flight. Kate subsequently made a 3m high version of this sculpture.
Girl in a Polka Dot Dress
Kate Denton
Bronze (# 3/12)
£16,000
The Girl in the Polka Dot Dress (known as “Dotty” to her friends!) is a classical sculpture of a sitting girl. Kate’s primary interest has always been movement. Even in a seemingly still and restful sculpture such as this there is movement in that the muscles are working to keep the figure perfectly balanced and the sculptor’s skill is to capture that poise – especially in this complex pose where she is perched on the side of the plinth.
Cocker Spaniel
Kate Denton
Bronze (# 8 /12)
£5,750
Cocker Spaniel is a classical figurative image of a sitting dog. He is captured alert and awaiting his next instruction.
Fossil Fruits
Victoria Ferrand Scott
Cast Concrete
£5,250 (for the seven works)
Victoria Ferrand Scott is a Yorkshire based sculptor with a first class BA in Sculpture (2002), and an MA in Fine Art (2004). She pursues an exploratory practice, informed by a 2010-2011 Leverhulme Trust residency in Civil Engineering at Leeds University experimenting with fluid concrete and flexible forming.
Elected a member of the Royal Society of Sculptors in 2009 she has exhibited in London at the RSS and the Royal Academy and also at the Royal West of England Academy and exhibition venues in the north.
Her abstract sculptures develop through investigating fluid materials and processes. She is particularly interested in harnessing natural forces of flow, elasticity and expansion allowing the material to dictate its own form. As a sculptor she provides the materials and means for physical formation without having absolute control over the final outcome.
Recent works have played with polarities by combining concrete (often seen as a brutal construction material) with silky stretching fabrics tailored into moulds. The concrete flows and bulges, straining at the seams, demonstrating its capacity for creating sensual forms and recording tactile surfaces. The resulting minimalist sculptures retain the memory of their production together with the suggestion of simple life forms and processes.
The Fossil Fruit Series (one of which has been selected to be shown at the RA Summer Exhibition 2022) was inspired by the swelling of gourds, captured and petrified at their most fruitful.
Diving Otters
Fred Gordon
Bronze
£35,000
Fred Gordon is an award winning young British sculptor, passionate about wildlife and the natural world. With minimal formal training, Fred has learnt through combined experience and total commitment. With an acute sense of observation, instinctive approach and striking ability he captures a real sense of spirit, movement and energy in his work.
Drawing his subjects from the British countryside and experiences further afield, including Sri Lanka and a three month artist residency in Limpopo, South Africa; Fred has travelled widely to study his subjects first hand in their natural environment.
Working directly from life, Fred sketches, photographs and where possible creates small maquette studies in front of the animals. Looking at their anatomy and behaviour, he takes this source material back to his London studio to work up the pose and form in the larger pieces.
Fascinated by the casting process, Fred worked for several years at the foundry casting the bronze first hand. Whilst at the foundry he started working with the foundry wax, using sheets of wax to create and mould the work.
With this layered effect, working quickly with the heated plates of wax, there is both a spontaneity and an element of fragmentation and abstraction in the work. Rather than create an exact impression, Fred tries to capture a moment. It is this nuance in the movement and an instinctive sense of character in the pose that he captures so beautifully.
The Three Funky Monkeys
Ben Greenwood
Steel and translucent epoxy resin casts internally lit with motion sensor night light LED’s
£2,795
Ben is a sculptor and artist from North Yorkshire. In his work, he adopt a ‘hands on’ approach, moving between classical bronze to modern resins and everything in between. The defining features of his work is a true affection for his subjects and a playful, unaffected style.
Alongside working on public and private commissions, Ben operates as a freelance artist making sculptures, props and scenic elements for film, TV, theatre, museums, events and retail.
Octopus
Joseph Hayton
Ancaster limestone mounted on Portland Roach bed limestone
£3,900
Joseph Hayton's background in stone masonry gives him the ability to create striking stone and marble sculptures using traditional methods and techniques. Joe also produces works in clay that are cast into bronze using the ancient technique of lost wax casting.
Green Man
Joseph Hayton
Reclaimed Portland limestone
£5,460
Joseph produces figurative as well as wildlife pieces and is well known for his take on the Green Man. This ancient icon has spiritual meaning to some and others it's purely decorative. These striking pieces make great focal points for the garden.
Ruin
Joseph Hayton
French limestone
£9360
Joe is based in Pateley Bridge at the King Street workshops, a hub for arts and crafts for over 30 years. The workshops are open to the public and well worth a visit.
The 'Os' II
Ollie Holman
Made from locally sourced horseshoes
£34,000
Ollie makes sculptures to engage and change the perception of the notoriously rigid material that is steel. Varying from figurative wall pieces to full-scale animals and horses made from steel and reused horseshoes. I work independently from my workshop in North Yorkshire, where I've been fine-tuning my style for the past five years. I hope the pieces show I have an intuitive sense of space and form, with the ability to capture the essence of my subject matter.
When making my second rearing horse I wanted to encapsulate the raw physicality and enigmatic presence of a horse, in doing I spent a vast amount of time shaping the correct anatomy. Composing horseshoes on their sides, as well as their fronts, allowed me to add a greater depth of detail and expression.
Stag's Head
Ollie Holman
Steel
£2850
Ollie makes sculptures to engage and change the perception of the notoriously rigid material that is steel. Varying from figurative wall pieces to full-scale animals and horses made from steel and reused horseshoes. I work independently from my workshop in North Yorkshire, where I've been fine-tuning my style for the past five years. I hope the pieces show I have an intuitive sense of space and form, with the ability to capture the essence of my subject matter.
Forged and shaped steel bars into form to capture the essence of a Stag in a pose. This piece is intended to spark your imagination and intrigue.
Torso
Lucy Kinsella
Bronzed Resin
£3,000
Lucy Kinsella’s work ranges from delicate table-top bronzes to life-size and monumental scale sculptures. Maquettes modelled in wax offer her a simple, effective means of viewing composition and structure. Larger pieces are worked in clay with a bold, spontaneous treatment of the surface. Kinsella’s trademark lies in the expressive handling and fine detailing that captures the movement and energy of her chosen subject.
Her work is collected throughout the UK as well as Europe, Middle East, East Asia, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
The large Torso at Newby Hall is weatherproof and suitable for outdoor display – made of resin, the surface has been treated with bonded bronze and patinated a beautiful Verdigris.
Anteater
Lucy Kinsella
Bronzed Resin
£2,500
Lucy Kinsella’s work ranges from delicate table-top bronzes to life-size and monumental scale sculptures. Maquettes modelled in wax offer her a simple, effective means of viewing composition and structure. Larger pieces are worked in clay with a bold, spontaneous treatment of the surface. Kinsella’s trademark lies in the expressive handling and fine detailing that captures the movement and energy of her chosen subject.
Her work is collected throughout the UK as well as Europe, Middle East, East Asia, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
The Anteater digging away in the woods at Newby Hall is suitable for display inside or outside.
Bats, Lovebats and Rook
Michael Kusz
Copper and steel
Bats £95 each
Lovebats £165 each
Rook £700
Michael is a Yorkshire based sculptor who creates unique quirky sculptures from recycled materials, mainly copper.
A maker all his life, Michael grew up in an industrial region of South Wales where his father, a coal-miner who later worked at Port Talbot steelworks, had a 'shed' full of all sorts of tools and materials – ideal for an eager young inquisitive mind – passionate hours were spent engrossed in dismantling, discovering and researching how things were made. These hours nurtured Michael’s creativity and exploration of materials and processes setting solid foundations for his current welded work.
Michael’s sculptures aim to recapture an essence of his childhood, that sense of joy of the absurd and unexpected discovery embodied through characters like Rooks - gregarious, mischievous and demonstrating a clear sense of freedom and fun.
Copper is the predominant material Michael works with; “a fantastic metal - versatile in the extreme; stretch it, shrink it, cast it, electro-plate it, hammer it, punch it, it’ll do anything you ask of it.” It has a range of natural colours due to oxidation of the surface and takes up to 90 years outside just to turn from bright copper to verdigris green.
A new piece is begun by immersing in the subject, intensively researching to get a feel for its nature, gaining insights as to how it will transcribe into metal and often resulting in creative custom tooling.
Through templates he produces an extensive body of work, to his highest possible standard.
His hope is that when people see this work their inner critic smiles, and they too feel the keen sense of enjoyment and excitement that was experienced while creating them.
Michael's work tends to draw the eye and really loves an open vista to fully enjoy it.
In the Morning
Antonio Lopez Reche
Bronze
£12,600
Since, 1995 when Antonio finished his Fine Arts degree at Barcelona University and his Erasmus exchange at Central St Martins in London where his research in the field of sculpture focused mainly on installation and conceptual art, Antonio’s work has evolved considerably into further fields.While still producing non figurative pieces, his main focus over the past eighteen years has bee to develop a body of work having mythology as the central theme of his figurative bronzes.While mythology might be the central theme for this group of works, the essence of them is the actual act of modelling and creating forms that convey movement, strength and his interest in capturing the rawness of materials such as clay, wax or plaster into bronze as well as the expressive energy of tools marks and spontaneous modelling.
The Deer
Illona Morrice
Bronze
£7,850
Illona Morrice (b. 1954) works in many sculptural mediums including ceramics, bronze, and stone, in her quest to capture the spirit and humour of the people and animals that inspire her work. She is a fearless climber and kayaker and brings this tactile closeness to nature and curiosity to her work. Her creative process is one of constant exploration into fresh forms, glazes, and experimentation with new mediums and textures. Morrice’s sculpture embody a powerful sense of balance and movement and a delight in the primal energies of the natural world.
Illona Morrice was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. She began sculpting in her mother’s ceramic studio and has been exhibiting professionally since the age of 17. She moved to the UK in 1979 and now lives in Moray, Northern Scotland.
Swirl
Washington Msonza
White opal
£2,000
Washington is a traditional Shona sculptor of international renown. Swirl is made purely with hammer and chisel from white Opal.
Border Collie plus Geese I, II, III
Chris Moss
Wire mesh
£655 | £365 each
Chris makes birds and beasts, wild and domestic subjects using new and recycled wire and mesh. She works on site-specific personal commissions as well as with show-garden designers.
In 2015, Chris was asked to create a flock of Sussex sheep for the ‘Back To A Land’ Henry Moore retrospective at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park and in 2016, she made a life-sized horse for the World Horse Welfare campaign ‘Invisible Horse’. During lockdown, she made a series of sculptures of each of a clients’ grandchildren and this year, had a sell-out show of super-size orchard fruit for the charity Art for Cure in Sussex.
Chris lives and works over-looking the lower Swale in North Yorkshire, enjoying the range of wildlife the river brings to the garden and surroundings. Time spent in observation is never wasted. The pieces she makes outside commissions, are a reflection of her surroundings and of her interest in the natural world.
Vixen and Fox Cub
Chris Moss
Wire mesh
£595 | £245
Chris makes birds and beasts, wild and domestic subjects using new and recycled wire and mesh. She works on site-specific personal commissions as well as with show-garden designers.
In 2015, Chris was asked to create a flock of Sussex sheep for the ‘Back To A Land’ Henry Moore retrospective at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park and in 2016, she made a life-sized horse for the World Horse Welfare campaign ‘Invisible Horse’. During lockdown, she made a series of sculptures of each of a clients’ grandchildren and this year, had a sell-out show of super-size orchard fruit for the charity Art for Cure in Sussex.
Chris lives and works over-looking the lower Swale in North Yorkshire, enjoying the range of wildlife the river brings to the garden and surroundings. Time spent in observation is never wasted. The pieces she makes outside commissions, are a reflection of her surroundings and of her interest in the natural world.
Owl Alighting
Chris Moss
Wire mesh
£425
Chris makes birds and beasts, wild and domestic subjects using new and recycled wire and mesh. She works on site-specific personal commissions as well as with show-garden designers.
In 2015, Chris was asked to create a flock of Sussex sheep for the ‘Back To A Land’ Henry Moore retrospective at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park and in 2016, she made a life-sized horse for the World Horse Welfare campaign ‘Invisible Horse’. During lockdown, she made a series of sculptures of each of a clients’ grandchildren and this year, had a sell-out show of super-size orchard fruit for the charity Art for Cure in Sussex.
Chris lives and works over-looking the lower Swale in North Yorkshire, enjoying the range of wildlife the river brings to the garden and surroundings. Time spent in observation is never wasted. The pieces she makes outside commissions, are a reflection of her surroundings and of her interest in the natural world.
Unity
Peter Newsome
Bonded Glass on a marble base
£5,400
Fascinated by the qualities and potential of glass, Peter left a scientific career in 1993 to become a professional sculptor, specialising in the creation of glass sculpture. He has the rare distinction of being elected both a Fellow of the Royal Society of Sculptors and The Royal Society of British Artists. His sculptures are in three continents and have been commissioned by celebrities, corporate clients and for presentation by The Princess Royal.
Peter uses a combination of traditional skills and modern glass engineering, resin bonding technology to explore the magical qualities of glass.
“Serenity” was inspired by the grace and dignity of certain women whilst “Unity” was based on the idea of disparate ideas or pieces of knowledge coming together. However, ambiguity is essential to art and I delight in the way that the changing play of light and different experiences can lead to different interpretations in the minds of viewers.
Serenity
Peter Newsome
Bonded Glass on a marble base
£8,500
Fascinated by the qualities and potential of glass, Peter left a scientific career in 1993 to become a professional sculptor, specialising in the creation of glass sculpture. He has the rare distinction of being elected both a Fellow of the Royal Society of Sculptors and The Royal Society of British Artists. His sculptures are in three continents and have been commissioned by celebrities, corporate clients and for presentation by The Princess Royal.
Peter uses a combination of traditional skills and modern glass engineering, resin bonding technology to explore the magical qualities of glass.
“Serenity” was inspired by the grace and dignity of certain women whilst “Unity” was based on the idea of disparate ideas or pieces of knowledge coming together. However, ambiguity is essential to art and I delight in the way that the changing play of light and different experiences can lead to different interpretations in the minds of viewers.
Woodland Dryad
Heather Niven
Tenmoku Glazed Stoneware on Driftwood and Mahogany Stand
£650
Woodland Dryad is produced with stoneware clay with temmoku gold glaze applied after bisque firing. She sits on a handmade mahogany and driftwood stand. She is a unique hand-crafted piece and is signed and ready for her new home. Dimensions are around 30x26x26 cm.
A combination of over 30 years of trial, error and learning has gone into the making of this piece. It reflects Heather’s love of colour, dark corners and the rhythm of nature.
Heather is fascinated by the power and exquisiteness of the natural world and she loves to explore the connection with humanity and imagination. This work, as with most of her work, includes an appreciation of the beauty around us, mixed with a dash of a slightly more surreal parallel imaginary world.
The Flying Emerald
Freddy Paske
Bronze, finished in a green patina.
£3,400
Freddy Paske is an award-winning figurative artist focusing on the relationship between what is shown and what is seen.
The natural world is his source of inspiration.
‘The Flying Emerald’ is inspired by the speed and movement of the kingfisher. With bold colours and expressive marks, Freddy has captured a moment just before the dive!
Freddy is currently The Artist-in-Residence during The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and will be exhibiting the paintings and sculptures he produces this winter in London.
Landing Barn Owl
Charlie Smith
Bronze #6/12
£9,850
A specialist in capturing both the form and character of animals—often depicted while they are on the move—Charlie’s works are collected and admired across the world.
Known for his technical finesse, intensity of expression as well as the striking patination finishes, each work has a uniquely captivating, painterly surface which is alive with movement and feeling.
This life-size Landing Barn Owl has been patinated with a Verdigris finish and can be installed both inside and outside.
Charlie will often travel around the UK and further afield to study his subjects from life, after which the works are completed in his London studio.
Sitting Hares
Emma Stothard
Galvanised wire
£7,800
Emma was born in Hull and grew up in Kilnsea, a tiny village at the northern end of the extraordinary geographical feature and nature reserve Spurn Point.
An artistic child, Emma enjoyed drawing the Holderness landscapes around her home and as a teenager connected with nature when she worked on local farms during school holidays and vacations from her studies at Southampton Solent University.
After graduating, she briefly moved to the Somerset Levels to learn the process of growing, coppicing, bundling and weaving willow.
She returned to Yorkshire to study in Wakefield, where she was surrounded by the inspiring work of Henry Moore and Elizabeth Frink in the grounds of what is now the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, and began making geese and small animals from woven willow.
After teaching in West Yorkshire, Emma moved to Whitby and took a teaching post at Whitby Community College. The college had a very successful and forward-thinking art department, which supported her development as a sculptor.
Emma's exquisite wire and willow sculptures of wild and domestic animals and birds are inspired by the creatures of the North York Moors around Whitby, and by memories of an East Yorkshire childhood.
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