Guardian (2022) Original Wood Sculpture by Greta Fila

This is the Guardian.
The Dog is always correlated to protection and loyalty, and in sciamanic tradition it is often the guardian of the Underworld.
But I want to give you a more secrete and mysterious symbolism of this animal: it rapresents the True and unconditional Love, because only True Love can beat and overcome Death.

This inusual Guardian belongs to a bigger project: ANIMANI (in italian "anima" and "animali" mean "soul" and "animals", and "mani" is for "hands"), correlated to a deep personal research about inconscious, the middle-world between dream and reality, spiritual guides and sciamanism.
Animani are particular animals, linked to our human soul: they have a human hand instead of their head.
I sculpt different animals from different media.

This piece is one of a kind in pine wood.
I sculpted this dog directly in a cutted trunk, so the sculpture has natural cracks. (Generally if you want to sculpt a piece of wood you have to extract his "heart", cutting him in two by the centre).
I wanted to give him an ancient and arcane sense of eternal-time, so I decided to mantain the natural ongoing process... Wood is always alive! ...and what sublime perfume -due to the pine resin- while I was sculpting it!

From ANIMANI here on my page you can find also funny coloured rabbits and a very regal swan.
Enjoy them!

Materials used:

Wood

Details:

• Wood sculpture on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 50 x 70 x 45cm
• Signed on the back
• Style: Surrealistic
• Subject: Animals and birds