Steve Winterburn (British born.)
Spotted
Medium: Bronze on Granite
Size: 50 x 26 x 22 cm
Signature: Edition 3/8
Provenance:
Direct from the artist’s studio, United Kingdom
Steve Winterburn – Spotted
£6,250.00
In stock
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Artwork Description
This sculpture comes as part of a new era in Steve’s wildlife sculpting, in which he has become much more expressive and looser in style producing a more contemporary feel. This more abstracted style has given much more power and dynamics to his work but still keeping accuracy in the right areas like his captivating eyes.
He wanted to add a leopard to this new collection of work. With them being predominantly tree dwellers Steve chose an elegant and tall plinth like sculpted base leading up to the portrait with a downward intensive glare as though it has spotted prey. The balance in the composition of this sculpture is very pleasing and Steves famous sculpted eyes really bring this work to life and you feel as though you have just been “spotted” by this big cat when you catch its eye line.
Biography
As a long serving trustee and wildlife conservationist enthusiast, Steve has travelled the world gaining inspiration and knowledge about animals. He began expressing the inspiration through painting, but with an engineering background it wasn’t long before he taught himself to sculpt and then later launched his own family run studio and foundry in 2002. The business has now flourished and boasts more than 20 years of experience in delivering a huge number of challenging and varied commissions.
Steve is a world renowned sculptor and works with a number of well established names from the fine-art world, including: Halcyon Gallery, Carrs Silver, Monaco Fine Arts, Hickmet Fine Arts, Sotheby’s, Christies, LAPADA and BADA. Along the journey of working with precious metals Steve and his family have obtained the skills to work with silver and gold and have been granted their own British Hallmark. Sports fans may also be familiar with his flagship piece at Wembley Stadium: this spectacular bronze commissioned by the charity Rugby League Cares, features five legends of Rugby League which is now considered a Wembley landmark in its own right.
