Recent Work

 Claw   (detail) ,   2004,

water-colour , 40x60cm

Rock-pool (after Klimpt) , 2004,

100x140cms   (and detail above)

mixed media

a portrait of myself and my daughter    

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Eileen Sedgwick    Artist Doll  Maker   Unique Twelfth Scale Figures

Selkie

2007

charcoal and wash

on paper  A1

 

Selkies are mythical sea

creatures, who are able to come ashore and live in human form. They often fall in love and marry, but

eventually their longing for the sea can overwhelm them. If they can find their

sealskins and put them on again, they can return as seals back to the

waters.

I’ve been working on the little figures so much that recently my 2D work has been rather neglected! I did Selkie, and some embroideries, and I’m making an elaborate frame for the Rockpool piece on the left.

I want to try now to bridge between the small figures and my other work perhaps by making the figures more expressive and evocative, maybe doing more with the scenes and settings, playing with the mood and the decorative qualities more. I’ve started some  things based on myths and fables, and characters from novels and poems.