This series started for me from a picture, a dear friend who was very ill cut out of a magazine… The picture was of a girl, happy, beautiful, hair flying, and I loved how she looked. My friend lost her battle with cancer, and I had the image of the picture stuck in my head, so I decided to create a series of work called the "Winds of Change".. The sculptures all have similar faces, in different circumstances, and I try to capture the elements within them… Earth, fire, water and air. The final piece has a quote that is somewhat obscured but is this… You cannot change the wind, the seasons, or the circumstances... you can only change yourself. And how true that is...
One of the girls is called Mariah… and I really liked how she turned out, so I decided to make her again and have her bronzed. My first time venturing in to that arena… very expensive, but I think worth it. I have never been a fan of the pure bronze look, so I use a lot of patina.. different chemicals applied to the bronze and blowtorched to give a different effect. I have enjoyed exploring this group, but am now glad to be done with them..