About Bridget McCrum
Artist's Statement
I am primarily a stone- carver but work in plaster for many bronze pieces. Since childhood I have been excited by ancient remains, fragments of carving and standing stones in lonely landscapes. My travels have taken me to many sites from different cultures around the Mediterranean, and the chance to work on archaeological surveys in Somalia during the early eighties increased my interest in small objects from the past. The landscape around my two homes has inevitably worked itself into my head. The gentle curves of the hills of South Devon and the stark limestone cliffs carved by wind and sea on Gozo, have all subconsciously influenced my carving. I look down on birds circling and gliding above their prey from my home high above the Dart estuary. They make marvellously abstracted subjects and I have carved them ever since I have been here. Some have been cast into bronze which I patinate myself.
Collections include:
University of Surrey.
Priors Court School, Newbury.
Lismore Castle, Co Cork.
HSBC, Malta.
Spencer Stuart, London.
Charter Bank, London.
Golden Door Foundation, San Diego.
Bryher, Isles of Scilly. National Trust Gardens:
The Homewood, Esher.
Greenway House, Devon.
Coleton Fishacre, Devon.
Private collections in USA , Far East, Middle East, Europe.
Articles reviewing my work have been published in, inter alia:
Books . The Art of Priors Court School.
Articles. Arts Review x 4, Country Life x 2, English Gardens, Western Morning News, Times of Malta.
