GALLERIES
These Galleries include a selection of
beautiful works which Maureen has created over the years.
Each Gallery represents a different style or emotion.
Some of these works are available for
purchase. Wood carvings are, of course unique. Bronze
works are in series, or editions
of 12, 20 or 21. Works or sale are shown as IN
STOCK.
Please contact Maureen
for details.
Maureen is also available for commissions.
PODS GALLERY
“I love to combine those textures
of natural erosion with the marks of my
chainsaw, rasp or chisel, and when this
hard, close-grained wood is polished, there
before me is the full range of its possible
textures. When I add to this a polished
‘pip’ of golden yellowwood,
red ivory wood, or aromatic cedar, there
is a symbol of new life, promise and growth.” |
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FRUIT AND SEED FORMS
GALLERY
“In a friend’s garden I had
seen a pomegranate tree with its windfalls
of open, ripe fruit lying on the ground,
and my mind saw a correlation between those
burst fruits and the texture of the eroded
hollow tree trunks, so I put a polished
faceted form of red wood inside my stinkwood,
and made my first “Fruit Form”:
Pomegranate.” |
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RENEWALS GALLERY
“Renewals - are symbols of hope.
The outer, old form is eroded and cracking
open, being pushed aside , as it were, by
the growth of the inner sphere, which is
to me the symbol of perfection, The meaning
could be personal, spiritual, social or
political.” |
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HUMAN FIGURES GALLERY
“I taught sculpture
in Cape Town for 20 years, the basis of
my teaching being the nude form, a traditional
method. I am interested in the expression
of emotion in the figure as a whole, and
we have in the gallery some small bronze
sketches illustrating this.” |
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PUBLIC WORKS AND
COMMISSIONS GALLERY
“I truly enjoy creating something
evocative and appropriate for public places.
My crucifixions and mythological figures
have been a source of much pleasure to me.” |
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MISCELLANEOUS
“Stepping away
from traditional carving and sculpture
is always a challenge, but through challenge
comes growth and understanding”
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