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"The paintings record what seems to be a personal progress, the struggle of one
woman to express herself, to find the courage needed to do it. Somehow
when one looks at them, they give hope. Visually they lead up, out, through.
They are full of light."      
                                                                                                Susan Sturnam, 1982

UNTITLED, 1980
Acrylic on paper          22 x 30 in
                                              



Painting was an extension of my meditation practice. l felt my body alive, moving with the colour and the brush across the paper Sometimes l became the colour. Sometimes l observed. I was not in control.

UNTITLED,  April 1981
Acrylic on paper          
 22 x 30 in


A moment where a self-assured electric-blue flew out of my brush.

UNTITLED, 1982
Acrylic on paper          22 x 30 in


Here l am reminded of a mountainous expanse, an expanse of bright geen vital and nurturing energy.

UNTITLED, April 1982
Acrylic on paper          22 x 30 in

                                 

I woke up one morning and saw the outside and the white space inside.. I lifted myself out of bed and painted it. And it was the most beautiful thing l had

GROUNDING #1, 2002
Watercolour on paper          15 x 32 in



      GROUNDING #1, 2002

GROUNDING #2, 2002
Watercolour on paper        30 x 22 in

     GROUNDING #2,  2002


METAMORPHOSIS OF SOUL-CHILD 1991-94

Group of four bronze sculptures.
Soul-Child born in the pure land of the heart.
Nurtured by the mother of tenderness, the mother
of wisdom, the mother of courage and giving back
to you what was yours in the beginning.

METAMORPHOSIS OF CHILD-SOUL, 1991
Figure 1, entitled - HEART FORM
Bronze, edition of 12
H 5 x W 4 x D 4.5 in


METAMORPHOSIS OF CHILD-SOUL, 1991

METAMORPHOSIS OF CHILD-SOUL, 1992
Figure 2, entitled - TENDERNESS
Bronze, edition of 12
H 5 x W 4 x D 4.5 in


METAMORPHOSIS OF CHILD-SOUL, 1992

METAMORPHOSIS OF CHILD-SOUL, 1992
Figure 3, entitled - WISDOM
Bronze, edition of 12
H 6 x W 4 x D 3.5 in


METAMORPHOSIS OF CHILD-SOUL, 1992

METAMORPHOSIS OF CHILD-SOUL, 1994
Figure 4, entitled - COURAGE
Bronze, edition of 12
H 5 x W 4 x D 8 in


METAMORPHOSIS OF CHILD-SOUL. 1994

A HEALING GESTURE, 1996
Clay, H 12 x W 10 x D 9 in
Available in bronze

A HEALING GESTURE is my passionate
response to Mad Cows Disease which exploded
in Britain in 1996. This sculpture was exhibited
at the Schumacher Lectures in Bristol, England, September 1996 and featured in Living Earth magazine, January 1997.


A HEALING GESTURE, 1996

SURRENDER, 2001
Bronze, edition of 24
H 7.5 x W 3.5 x D 5.5 in


SURRENDER, 2001

REST MY SOUL, 2002
Cast stone with patina
H 10 x W 5 x D 4.5 in
Available in bronze


REST MY SOUL 2002

IN SEARCH OF THE PRIESTESS, 2004
Cast stone with patina
H 17 x W 3.5 x D 3 in
Available in bronze

IN SEARCH OF THE PRIESTESS, 2004

SEED OF LIGHT, 2006
Clay, H 17 x W 3 x D 3 in
Available in bronze







SEED OF LIGHT, 2006

SHEPHERD OF LOVE, 1987
Clay (sculpture therapy training)


SHEPERD OF LOVE, 1987

BUDDHIST MONK, 1988
Clay (
sculpture therapy training)

 


BUDDHIST MONK, 1988

HEAD, 1988
Clay (
sculpture therapy training)


HEAD, 1988

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