DRYAD (2025)Mixed-media sculpture by Eleanor Gabriel
22 x 60 x 28cm / 22 x 60cm (actual image size)
£500.13
Original artwork description
"Dryad" is an unusual and poetic nature sculpture of a being with feminine curves and a funny face in the Tim Burton style.
In Greek mythology, dryads are nymphs (minor deities) linked to trees in general and oak trees in particular.
This sculpture belongs to the Ostreïdes series, which expresses the complexity of life in its search for the most appropriate form for survival, as well as the wisdom of the mind applied to the transformation of matter.
The head is topped by a hairy cap made from the natural roots of a shrub, skilfully arranged, while the body has been gouged from cleaned wood, stripped of its impurities and weaknesses, then completed with surfaced wood pulp, stained with acrylic paint and varnished. The neck is made from a dried nepenthe urn.
Dimensions with base: H 60 x W 22 x D 28 cm
Materials: wild wood from the forest, natural shrub roots, surfaced wood pulp, acrylic paint, dried nepenthe urn with protective marine varnish, black iron base.
Materials used:
wood surfine cellulose, acrylic paint, varnish,, nepenthes dried urns,
Details:
- Mixed-media sculpture on Other
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 22 x 60 x 28cm / 22 x 60cm (actual image size)
- Signed on the front
- Style: Expressive and gestural
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#nymph#tim burton#forest wood#wood sculpture#woman sculpture#nature sculpture#ents#poetic artwork#offbeat artwork
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Original artwork description
"Dryad" is an unusual and poetic nature sculpture of a being with feminine curves and a funny face in the Tim Burton style.
In Greek mythology, dryads are nymphs (minor deities) linked to trees in general and oak trees in particular.
This sculpture belongs to the Ostreïdes series, which expresses the complexity of life in its search for the most appropriate form for survival, as well as the wisdom of the mind applied to the transformation of matter.
The head is topped by a hairy cap made from the natural roots of a shrub, skilfully arranged, while the body has been gouged from cleaned wood, stripped of its impurities and weaknesses, then completed with surfaced wood pulp, stained with acrylic paint and varnished. The neck is made from a dried nepenthe urn.
Dimensions with base: H 60 x W 22 x D 28 cm
Materials: wild wood from the forest, natural shrub roots, surfaced wood pulp, acrylic paint, dried nepenthe urn with protective marine varnish, black iron base.
Materials used:
wood surfine cellulose, acrylic paint, varnish,, nepenthes dried urns,
Details:
- Mixed-media sculpture on Other
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 22 x 60 x 28cm / 22 x 60cm (actual image size)
- Signed on the front
- Style: Expressive and gestural
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#nymph#tim burton#forest wood#wood sculpture#woman sculpture#nature sculpture#ents#poetic artwork#offbeat artwork
Eleanor Gabriel
France
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The known universe is full of wonderful colors and strange shapes. As an observer of the visible and invisible world, Eleanor Gabriel's universe is sweet, crazy, funny and full of... Read more