{"id":717,"date":"2020-09-03T15:16:49","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T13:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tanialeestudio.com\/?p=717"},"modified":"2023-03-27T16:34:47","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T14:34:47","slug":"concrete-portrait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tanialee.co.za\/index.php\/2020\/09\/03\/concrete-portrait\/","title":{"rendered":"Portraits: Concrete portrait"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a more personal work. As I get older, travel and experience more of the world, I become increasingly aware of how unusual and special my upbringing was.
\nI grew up on a farm in a region known as the Karoo in South Africa. A semi desert area of wide open space and harsh, rugged beauty. A childhood here was spent mostly outside and barefoot – and I think that\u2019s where my feeling for sculpture was born. I loved getting my hands dirty!<\/p>\n

I have been exploring scenes from this incredibly significant part of my life in prints, drawings and sculptures. This portrait sculpture is of a special character who worked on our farm. His deep character comes across in his weatherbeaten face and I found that using concrete to sculpt the portrait added a texture and feel that suited this perfectly.<\/p>\n

Medium: Concrete, Height: 550 (excl. wooden base)<\/p>\n

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