Elephant on a Drum Gold Silver & Bronze inspired by the affairs of

inspired by the affairs of American painter Romaine Brooks

finished with a gloss varnish

We’ve had works from this period before in the retrospectives held after Gordon’s death but they are a rare find and it is a pleasure to see one of this quality in the gallery again

including a daughter that Mary seems to have brought up as her own

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Elephant on a Drum Gold Silver & Bronze inspired by the affairs ofIn our Cecil Court gallery It took me a while to develop the method but my elephants are made from two sheets of clay gently encouraged into shape. I make an elephant and then add features as the piece takes on shape and character. This particular work is somewhere between a salt and a candle stick in design with a hint of vintage circus act.