Carole Bury, Secure
Original pencil drawing on smooth heavyweight cartridge paper, signed
Artwork size 10.5cm x 10.5cm, Framed size 31cm x 31cm x 3cm
On a recent Pilgrimage to Iona in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland I discovered many stone carvings, some incredibly old, pointing the soul to higher places, some illustrating stories, some with secretive messages, some lifting the senses to appreciate creation and nature all around us. Beautiful sandstone carvings by Chris Hall bring life to the cloisters in Iona Abbey. Each of the capitals contain birds, flowers, trees or animals of the British Isles and the West Highlands, and the four corner capitals contain faces, illustrating the parables of Christ. Particular faces, and probably fashioned from real life studies. Stone carvings are an interpretation through the medium of rock, of movement and flesh; my drawings are images of the feelings I see in those carvings. Consider how much of a face we need to see to recognise someone. Or the particular detail, to understand the expression of that person. Whether it be joy, contentment, adoration, peace, wisdom, revelation, sadness, or concern.
Original pencil drawing on smooth heavyweight cartridge paper, signed
Artwork size 10.5cm x 10.5cm, Framed size 31cm x 31cm x 3cm
On a recent Pilgrimage to Iona in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland I discovered many stone carvings, some incredibly old, pointing the soul to higher places, some illustrating stories, some with secretive messages, some lifting the senses to appreciate creation and nature all around us. Beautiful sandstone carvings by Chris Hall bring life to the cloisters in Iona Abbey. Each of the capitals contain birds, flowers, trees or animals of the British Isles and the West Highlands, and the four corner capitals contain faces, illustrating the parables of Christ. Particular faces, and probably fashioned from real life studies. Stone carvings are an interpretation through the medium of rock, of movement and flesh; my drawings are images of the feelings I see in those carvings. Consider how much of a face we need to see to recognise someone. Or the particular detail, to understand the expression of that person. Whether it be joy, contentment, adoration, peace, wisdom, revelation, sadness, or concern.
Original pencil drawing on smooth heavyweight cartridge paper, signed
Artwork size 10.5cm x 10.5cm, Framed size 31cm x 31cm x 3cm
On a recent Pilgrimage to Iona in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland I discovered many stone carvings, some incredibly old, pointing the soul to higher places, some illustrating stories, some with secretive messages, some lifting the senses to appreciate creation and nature all around us. Beautiful sandstone carvings by Chris Hall bring life to the cloisters in Iona Abbey. Each of the capitals contain birds, flowers, trees or animals of the British Isles and the West Highlands, and the four corner capitals contain faces, illustrating the parables of Christ. Particular faces, and probably fashioned from real life studies. Stone carvings are an interpretation through the medium of rock, of movement and flesh; my drawings are images of the feelings I see in those carvings. Consider how much of a face we need to see to recognise someone. Or the particular detail, to understand the expression of that person. Whether it be joy, contentment, adoration, peace, wisdom, revelation, sadness, or concern.
Floated pencil drawing in an oak box frame. The drawings are my response to the sandstone carvings in the Cloisters in Iona Abbey by Chris Hall. The beautiful carvings illustrate parables of Christ completed in the 1990s. These drawings are my reaction to human emotions I felt while spending time in their presence.