Lisa Crane
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Mother Nature and the End Game
clay, acrylic paint, encaustic, branch, 22 x 20 x 10 inches, sold
Follow Me Into Your Dreams
clay, encaustic, 20 x 9 x 14 inches, $1450
Animal Spirit
clay, glass, 12 x 6.75 x 12.5 inches, $1300
Considering Eve
clay, oil paint, 67 x 30 inches, $8500
Hidden Memories #3
clay and mixed media on panel, 12 x 6 inches, sold
Hidden Memories #2
clay and mixed media on panel, 12 x 12 inches, $350
Hidden Memories #1
clay and mixed media on panel, 12 x 6 inches, sold
Dream within a Dream
low fire clay, exterior latex paint, luster, rocks, 74 x 48 x 36 inches, $10000
Anteater's Dilemma
low fire clay, underglaze, oil paint, pigments, 11.5 x 9.5 x 9.5 inches, $800
Alter Emu
low fire clay, underglaze, oil paint, pigments, 7.5 x 5 x 3 inches, sold
Newborn
clay, encaustic, stones, exterior latex, 19 x 19 x 35 inches , $3300
Folie à Deux
clay, encaustic, 17 x 9 x 22 inches , $3400
Ocean Protector
clay, encaustic, gold luster, oil sticks, 69 x 24 x 24 inches, $7200
Sheep Trick
clay, encaustic, gold luster, oil sticks, 29 x 17.5 x 13 inches, $2700
About the artist...
Symbols and metaphors are the language of individual and collective consciousness. They can serve as entré to reflections on the nature of humanity, the soul, and the interdependence of all life. Guided by my career practice in psychotherapy and healing, I aim for my work to open space for the interpretive. Sculpting clay into any form is humbling—the medium responds to every touch—imbuing each sculpture with a sense of presence. The figures, often sculpted at human-scale, develop through a multi-step process that can only be described as breathing life into the clay. What begins as a translation of figures from visions found in the insomniatic twilight between dreaming and waking, gradually becomes an exercise in transmutation, one driven by the impulse to connect.These figures are totems: protective guides that invite an expanded cosmology and expanded notion of harmony. In a single breath, each figure is both mirror and portal. Through their fantastical forms—so clearly not of this reality—they ask viewers to momentarily part with their strict perceptions: human-animal, reality-fantasy, Self-Other, to refocus on the closeness and likeness of all the interconnected lives on this planet.
Visit artist's website - https://www.lisacrane.net