Shirley Sheppard Painter and Sculptor from blandscliff Gallery/Studio in Scarborough North Yorkshire England

Shirley Sheppard

My sculpture and painting mainly have as their roots the human body - its experiences feelings and above all its movements. My work has moved away from total realism to a portrayal of what a movement feels like.

My sculpture is often fired in large wood fired kilns or smoked which gives them an eternal quality, having existed forever, yet they are modern in their design. They visibly show the fire in which they have been produced. These figures are often intentionally broken, fired and then mended to emphasise the fragility of both the person and the clay.

While my sculptures are generally unglazed, as a painter I am a colourist. Sculpture is to be touched, felt and for me colour distracts from that. A painting on the other hand is to be looked at and I want colour to excite and sooth, to give the canvas life.

Exhibitions

· 2007 Oxo Tower London, England

· 2007 Delamore Arts, Plymouth, England

· 2007 Biscuit Factory, Newcastle, England

· 2007 blandscliff Gallery, Scarborough

· 2006 Biscuit Factory, Newcastle, England

· 2006 Bolton Museum and Art Gallery,Bolton, England

· 2005 Oxo Tower London

· 2005 Solo Gallery Edinburgh

· 2005 Artspace 2005, Worcester, England

· 2004 Londonart.co.uk

· 2004 Grossmont Gallery, Glaisdale, North Yorkshire