sculpture 

Text Box: These are examples of structures I build out of stones I handpick off the shores of Lake Erie, in Amherstburg, Ontario. The stones are set in a cement-mortar blend on various rock bases. Each composition is unique.           

      biserica             ginditorul                       castel lumina                     zidul ravecii                   margaret's house                      

Text Box: Some structures involve stones from around the world, brought for the most part by friends, while others are composed around one stone in particular as a result of an event. Such works invoke an intersection of time, space and random history.

Perhaps one of my greatest inspirations for creating structures in aggregate

stone springs from my exposure to ancient ruins in Romania. I find an unrelenting quality in stone that captures                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               the endurance of the natural world;

 

 these stone compositions are a way of insinuating the

human creative spirit in nature.

"victoria's cottage"

     "the wall" is part of a sculptural series that refers to the "wailing wall" in jerusalem. each wall

that I create embodies the spiritual, archaeological, and and historical significance of solomon's

temple, and its religious and structural properties as a site that invokes the intersection of time and

history.  it features a free standing structure that relies on load-bearing principles for stability, complimenting natural physical

forces. part of its artistic composition is the element of faith and reflection inherent in ordering the courses of stone as an

exercise in the awareness of sacred space.

The Hamangia Man, also knowwn as the Thinker of Cernavoda is based on a figurine recovered from the Black Sea coast dating back to 3500BC. This piece was carved from oak. The lighthouse below is staged in Lake Erie. Martello Tower, draws its inspiration from Ulysses, by James Joyce.

                                 

 

         

The Thracian Rider (bottom right) is a casting in tin-bismuth in the round. The piece was inspired by a bas relief from Thracian burial sites dating back to 4 BC.

 

For information on ordering original sculpture or commissioning works, send an email to dcruney@bucovinamica.net

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