Sandcasts

ThAT's No WaY tO SaY GoODByE

2009

550mm x 200mm x 150mm

Love in the Autumn on distant foreign shores... Our moments were fleeting but we made the best and most romantic use of them. This piece is a homage, and love is its muse. This lady is waving happily from on top of the branches because she feels like she is flying high with excitement and happiness, whilst her roots/routes are planted firmly in the ground to symbolize her inner strength regarding the sorrow of parting she knows she will soon have to experience, this is why she is represented as a tree, and the colours of the cast are of Earth.

Within the rough surface of the sandcast lie fallen Autumnal leaves that represent the golden storm created by the flushes of love, and why is she blue... because she is sad and calm and expectant and hopeful for her future.

She is presented in surrounding shadow, as we all know the world outside can be a dark, lonely and cruel place… but the area that SHE patrols is bathed in light and joy and warm kisses.