Medium: Jesmonite
Size: 47 x 13 cm including the plinth
Edition: 2 of 8
Ash Dryad is one of three tree spirits from the myth of the Green Women - the oak is strong and sturdy, the elm is towering and majestic and the Ash is graceful and elegant.
Ash Dryad by Victoria Atkinson MRSS
Focusing on posture, Vicki’s androgynous figures are captured at the edge of movement with a gentle reminiscent humour present in their body language.
Monoliths and stone circles are evident, a sense of perpetual time and the feeling that something so still can evoke so much power. The figures and faces are composed, timeless, part of a group and yet distant, as if they are hiding behind a persona like an actor on stage.