Sculpture
Henry Moore’s Reclining Figure
While all the fires burned and fireworks dazzled on November 5th, there was serious business going on at the Impressionist and Modern sale at Christie’s New York. Henry Moore’s Reclining Figure came under the hammer and found a new home – selling for $6,101,000. This particular piece is in bronze, marked 2 of […]
Nature Table
On Sunday I set out for a walk – just locally. The forecast for the following few days was for terrible storms, torrential rain and gusting winds, and I thought I had better make the most of the fine afternoon. It is ages since I took to the pathways and lanes that circle the […]
Exhibition Review by Sue Gough
I’m having a small celebration here as my exhibition at the Ryedale Folk Museum, The Museum as Muse has just got a review. It is penned by Sue Gough, who is Chair of Ryedale Artworks and a full-time artist herself. You can read it over on her blog. It is important to me – […]
Video – sculptor at work!
During the preparation, and as part of the promotion for my exhibition The Museum as Muse at The Gallery, Ryedale Folk Museum – I thought it would be a great idea to show my work, and thinking behind pieces made, in a short video. It is part of a series of videos made by David […]
My Wooden Hippopotamus
When I was young – I’m not sure what age exactly – my Godmother gave me a wooden hippopotamus as a present – I forget too whether it was Birthday or Christmas, or just because she was visiting! I remember at first thinking it was rather strange, but very quickly fell in love with […]
Talk and Tour – the Harrison effect!
As part of my exhibition The Museum as Muse at the Ryedale Folk Museum there was a tour of the collection given by the gallery curator Sally-Ann Smith, and an informal talk, by me, about how the pieces in the exhibition came about. I was really looking forward to the evening, as a number […]
Invitation – Talk & Tour
As part of my exhibition The Museum as Muse at the Ryedale Folk Museum, I am giving an informal talk on the 18th October, 2013 at 4pm. This will be just after a short tour of the Harrison Collection, which the Museum have very kindly organised. I can highly recommend a visit to the Collection, […]
Snail Sculpture
A sculptor by the name of Nerio Festa made these little snails – as soon as I saw them I made a note to myself that I must be more creative with my offcuts! After moving to San Francisco in 1994, Nerio Festa began creating natural, artistic pieces with steel, recycled metal, stones and paper. […]
Stone Ant
On occasion I have unintentionally disturbed an ant’s nest whilst gardening or moving stones – and felt guilt as I’ve watched the frantic carrying of the pristine white eggs by a mass of scurrying bodies. They have clever and successful social structures and organisation within their nests and it is incredible how quickly order is […]
Visit to The Hepworth Wakefield
Since it opened I have been looking forward to finding time to visit The Hepworth Wakefield. With over 1,600 square metres of light-filled gallery spaces, The Hepworth Wakefield is the largest purpose-built exhibition space outside London. The gallery brings together work from Wakefield’s art collection, exhibitions by contemporary artists and rarely seen works by Barbara […]