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Resting from reading.

About the artist

RETIRED PARISH PRIEST FROM NORTH YORKSHIRE. TRAINED BEFOREHAND AS A SCULPTOR AND ENJOYED A FEW YEARS FREELANCE BEFORE RECESSION IN THE '70S. USED SCULPTURE THROUGHOUT MINISTRY TO ILLUSTRATE SCRIPTURE. SOME INTERESTING COMMISSIONS OVER THE YEARS BUT BRONZE NOW PROHIBITIVE. LETTER CUTTING IS MY SECOND STRING. NOW I WRITE POETRY, LETTER SET AND PRINT WITH LINO ILLUSTRATIONS OR A BLOCK MADE FROM A LINE DRAWING. SOME WORK SCATTERED ROUND OXFORD, MORE IN DORSET, MOST IN YORKSHIRE. I HAVE PAINTED 21 OF 43 CHURCHES WHERE I HAVE OFFICIATED IN THE PAST 16 YEARS. TH. 2023.

Title of artwork

Resting from reading.

Description of artwork

Life class study designed as a bookend. 8 ins high X 14 ins long. Cast in ferracotta plaster, & available in bronze as a limited edition.

Materials used

Modelled in clay, cast in plaster, can be bronze if wax taken from mould.

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