Julie McNair
Woodsman, 2011
Clay with Mixed Media
39 x 10 x 8 in
'Woodsman is a metaphor. The tree represents nature. The balancing act is a challenging one and currently self sabotage appears to be winning.' Over the years, Julie McNair mined the...
"Woodsman is a metaphor. The tree represents nature. The balancing act is a challenging one and currently self sabotage appears to be winning."
Over the years, Julie McNair mined the rich history of doll-making (which dates back 25,000 years) to make fantastical clay images that, like their cultural antecedents, make an invisible life visible: namely hers. Julie’s doll-like forms are at once ironical and allegorical, personal and universal, but always, they are magically expressive and tinged with pathos and/or humor
Over the years, Julie McNair mined the rich history of doll-making (which dates back 25,000 years) to make fantastical clay images that, like their cultural antecedents, make an invisible life visible: namely hers. Julie’s doll-like forms are at once ironical and allegorical, personal and universal, but always, they are magically expressive and tinged with pathos and/or humor
