Bridget McCrum RWA. FRBS

About the artist

Bridget McCrum
Bridget McCrum
Bridget McCrum

Paint, Sculpture

Dartmouth
Devon
United Kingdom

Statement

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.

Biography

1934
Born
Education. Priorsfield School, Farnham College of Art.
1980
Started carving - Materials, stone and bronze
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. The Knightsbridge. Private collections in USA , Far East, Middle East, Europe.
National Trust Gardens:
The Homewood, Esher. Greenway House, Devon. Coleton Fishacre, Devon.
Books:
Touch and Time. The Sculpture and Drawings of Bridget McCrum. The Art of Priors Court School. Modern British Sculpture.
2007
Elected member of The Royal West of England Academy
2007
Commission from Rolls Royce for a public sculpture outside their Bristol factory

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.  Touch and Time.  The sculpture & drawings of Bridget McCrum

Articles. Arts Review x 4, Country Life x 2, English Gardens, Western Morning News, Times of Malta.

Exhibition History

2007 - 2010   RWA Autumn Exhibition
2010  RWA, Far & Near
2010  Coombe Gallery, Dartmouth.
2008, 2010  On Form Sculpture, Asthall Manor, Burford, Oxfordshire 08/06/08 - 06/07/08
2008 - 2010  Messum's Fine Art,Lords Wood, Marlow. Buckinghamshire 20, 21 & 22 06 08 then by appointment
2003-2006  Concepts Gallery, Sculpture at Goodwood
2000- 2006  Sculpture in the Garden, Bohun Gallery.
1997-2010  Messums Fine Art
1989-2008  New Art Centre at Roche Court, Salisbury.
2005  RBS Cetenery: sculpture in the garden, University of Leicester.
2005  Chichester Festival
1999- 2004   Art London
2003  Tooth and Claw, Royal West of England Academy.
2003  Drawn Conclusions, Plymouth City Museum
1998   University of Surrey
1998  RWA Open Sculpture Exhibition.
1997 & 1995   Sculpture in the Garden, Deans Court, Wimborne.
1996  Chelsea Harbour
1991, 1989 & 1983   Royal Academy
 
One Man Shows 
2008  Through January and February, with Kurt Jackson then Micchael Andrews. Her own paintings will be on show early February
2002  St James Cavalier Art Centre, Malta.
1998 & 1997   Messums Fine Art, London.
1995  Wattis Gallery, Hong Kong.
1994  Dartington Hall.
1992  Melitensia Gallery, Malta.
1991  Vanessa Devereux Gallery, London.
1990  School of Architecture, Plymouth.
1988  Phoenix Gallery, Lavenham.
1986  Vanessa Devereux Gallery, London.
1984  Drawing Schools, Eton.
 
 

 

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