Debora Alanna: Stone sculpture 2012 - 2013
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Debora Alanna has been practicing stone carving since art school. This document focuses on her stone sculptures created between 2012-2013 while living on Poirier Lake in Sooke, BC. She was inspired by the tranquility of the lake to carve a "Lake Nymph" from alabaster that captures the numinous spirit of the lake. She also carved a "Forest Nymph" sculpture during this time, influenced by the enchanting woods surrounding her location. Both sculptures involved a fluid hand-carving process to gently shape the images from amorphous stone.
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Debora Alanna: Stone sculpture 2012 - 2013
- 1. Debora Alanna Stone Carving 2012 - 2013
- 2. Stone carving has been part of my art practice since my art school days. I studied stone carving with Leonard Osterle at the Ontario College of Art. The use of stone as a medium has been intermittent over the years. I have consistently returned to its use because carving is a practice that gives me much joy. I consider it a meditative endeavour. Debora Alanna 1976
- 3. Work in this presentation concentrates on my stone sculpture made between 2012 – 2016. During this time I also drew, painted and made installations.
- 4. In 2012 – 2013 I lived on Poirier Lake in Sooke BC an hour from Victoria. This rural enclave afforded an idyllic work setting. Inspired by the tranquility of the lake, its mystic power a lake nymph spirit emerged and formed in my sculpture. Through my daily lake swims the Lake Nymph asserted her presence allowing her numinous quietude to transit into the alabaster.
- 6. Lake Nymph by Debora Alanna Alabaster begins as an amorphous material. An unspecified lump. Hand tool carving allows a fluidity to be imparted where gentle coaxing of the image takes shape. Lake Nymph was a presence gleaned from Poirier lake. Size: 12 x 14 x 8" (aprox)
- 7. Lake Nymph by Debora Alanna – work in progress – front view
- 8. Lake Nymph – work in progress
- 9. Lake Nymph by Debora Alanna – side view – top ‘ hair’ detail
- 10. Lake Nymph by Debora Alanna - eyes – right eye
- 11. Lake Nymph by Debora Alanna – face detail – left eye
- 12. Lake Nymph changes its intensity depending on its illumination. The light source will highlight features, establish shadows, call out the spirit of the lake.
- 13. Surrounded by an enchanting wood, my Poirier Lake location in Sooke, BC inspired another work, Forest Nymph.
- 15. Forest Nymph by Debora Alanna Hand carved alabaster 10 x 8 x 7" – front view – front detail
- 16. Forest Nymph – in progress
- 17. Forest Nymph - top details
- 18. Forest Nymph - top / side details
- 19. Forest Nymph – top detail
- 20. Forest Nymph by Debora Alanna – face detail – front view
- 21. Forest Nymph by Debora Alanna – top details – back detail
- 22. Forest Nymph embodies the sprite that resides in the metaphoric forest in us all, our intuitive selves. Its puckish grin, its mischievous demeanour is held by the stone and teases the viewer.
- 23. Forest Nymph by Debora Alanna Forest Nymph, its impish personality seemed to test the stone treatment. Th Nymph does not trust being drawn into imagery. This work remains ‘in progress’.
- 25. Debora Alanna is a visual artist currently located in Montreal Quebec. All art work, photographs, writing and design are produced by Debora Alanna. © Debora Alanna 2016
- 26. Thank you! Thank you for taking the time to view this presentation of my stone sculpture produced 2012 – 2013. Debora Alanna FIN