The Quiet

Shona Nunan

2004-2005
bronze edition of 8
127 x 115 x 51 cm

maquette

35.5 x  15 x 53 cm

 

For me, the horse and rider represent the journey of one’s life.  There are many plateaus along the way of life and I guess, that as I experience them, I create a new horse and rider. ‘The Quiet’ is a piece that comes from a time in life of peace, of meditation of being in tune with one’s inner being.  The rider and horse are at one, the horse is strong and sturdy and is trusted by the rider, the rider is at one with the horse and at one with life. 

Ancestor – Woman

Shona Nunan

2020

plaster for bronze and/or marble

in the studio

 

Sun Warrior

Shona Nunan

2004-2005

bronze unique

149 x 42 x 23 cm

 

Sun Warrior is inspired by Cycladic and early Greek sculpture and above all by the burgeoning strength and power of a young boy turning into a man. These adolescent years are warrior-like as the young man destroys his boyhood and fearlessly engages in the new journey, ready to fight at any moment for his freedom. 

The warrior in Nunan’s work has emerged as a symbol of the ‘fight for life’ and a metaphor for courage, strength, endurance and self sacrifice for the good. 

Sun Warrior s’inspire de la sculpture des Cyclades et de la Grèce primitive, et surtout de la force et de la puissance naissantes d’un jeune garçon qui devient un homme. Ces années d’adolescence sont guerrières, car le jeune homme détruit son enfance et s’engage sans crainte dans un nouveau voyage, prêt à se battre à tout moment pour sa liberté. 

Dans l’œuvre de Nunan, le guerrier est devenu un symbole de la “lutte pour la vie” et une métaphore du courage, de la force, de l’endurance et du sacrifice de soi pour le bien. 

Goddess

Shona Nunan

2013

marble

60.5 x 20 x 10 cm

In white marble, the feeling luminous, sensuous to touch, an ancient vessel inspiring a contemporary

homage to life’s abundance an ancient vessel inspiring a contemporary homage to life’s abundance.

 

 

 

The Gift

    Michael-Francis Cartwright

    2022

    bronze
    edition 1 of 8
    122 x 83 x 40 cm

     

     

    ‘The Gift’ is part of Cartwright’s Astronomer series. The Astronomer series comes from looking up into the night sky, watching stars and constellations, the moon, in wonder at the grandeur of an amazing universe stretching forever out into birthing nebulars and black holes and other galaxies. Ancient people must have always looked and wondered and made up fantastical stories about the sparkling black skies. Now it is up to the Astronomer with his big dish facing forever upwards revealing the science of the stars. ‘The Gift’ is a sculpture of the Moon, an astronomer, joyfully offering a gift to the one he loves, the Universe, the great other world that he watches day and night.

    Guardians

    Shona Nunan

    2020

    bronze
    edition 3 of 3
    250 cm tall

     

    Guardians

    Shona Nunan

    bronze

    edition 2 of 3

    f 237 x 52 x 21
    m 238 x 44 x 20

     

    “The Guardians emerged in my work at first as ‘Night’ and ‘Day‘ and then they became little fecund women figures on hilltops and single figures in the landscape, ethereal figures connecting to the spirit of the land. In other ancient cultures I have found Guardians too. The Etruscans,   the Cycladic Greeks, the Egyptians, the Africans, the pre-Columbians…  The Guardians are amongst the great archetypes of civilization and deep down,  even today, and without hocus pocus, we know we have to protect the things that are sacred to us, our inner selves, our children, our homes. The Guardians at an entrance are saying, come in, but be respectful. For me, these Guardians symbolically represent the balance of life,  they are yin and yang, male and female, conscious and unconscious, night and day.”

     

    Ocean Cliff series – reclining figure

     

    Michael Francis Cartwright

    2020

    Rouge Languedoc marble

    20.5 x 63 x 13 cm

     

    Ocean Plume

    Michael Francis Cartwright

    2014

    statuario and green Kerry marble
    94 x  42 x 34

    Man and Woman in the Field

    Shona Nunan

    2012-2013
    pastel on paper
    151 x 198 unframed

    not available

    I feel the Earth colour in my whole being, I can smell in its dark smoky browns its woodiness, its mustiness, in the reds I feel the abundant bloody fertility, in the ochres I feel the sun and warmth and light.