development of my portland stone Mother & child piece

I've been working on the Portland stone for about a month 22/9/13

I wanted to base the Portland stone on  this breeze block piece  I created last year while at trinity

Inspired by Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth. I was trying to get to the essence of the human form, using the simplest shapes (oval or egg shape), Expressing its essence while retaining the intimate gentleness of the subject

in the early stages a lot of stone had to be removed

I realised I could not get exactly the same shape as the breeze block due to an early mistake (mothers head should be bent over the child much more)

but I am still happy with the overall shape

I had to cut down on the mothers head  to get it in proportion

I'm confident this piece is developing well

it has plenty of potentially intimate angles

Painting for pleasure exhibition; The lodge Jephson Gardens, Sept 20th- 22nd, 2013

I have been a  Painting For Pleasure tutor for a few years now
November  last year We were  funded by, Awards For All to run a project looking at a variety of painting styles and movements from the 20 century come and see the results.

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