COLIN FIGUE 10 SMOKING MIRROR BY PATRICIA AINSLIE


IN HIS STONE SCULPTURE, COLIN FIGUE CREATES TIMELESS MONUMENTAL FORMS THAT ARE ROOTED IN THE EARTH. ICONIC, THEY LOOK LIKE ANCIENT BEACONS OR MARKERS, LIKE THE STANDING STONE OF PLACES LIKE STONEHENGE IN HIS NATIVE ENGLAND. HIS STONE WORK OFTEN CONSISTS OF SEPARATE SYMMETRICAL INTERLOCKING ELEMENTS, CURVILINEAR AND GEOMETRIC, THAT HAVE THE DYNAMIC ENERGY OF COMPLIMENTARY OR OPPOSING FORCES. AS WELL AS STONE HE ALSO WORKS WITH METAL (BRONZE AND IRON) AND PRODUCES PAINTINGS. THE BALANCED FORMS OF HIS BRONZES ARE LINEAR AND PLANAR. HIS IRON ASSEMBLAGE SCULPTURES, SOME RUSTED, ARE LINEAR DRAWINGS IN SPACE. IN HIS COLLAGE AND MIXED MEDIA PAINTINGS HE COMBINES VIVID COLOUR WITH RIGOROUSLY SIMPLIFIED GRAPHIC FORMS IN ABSTRACT COMPOSITIONS.


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