Sometimes the path that you start on as a child becomes the path that you stay on for the rest of your life. For Ellen Jewett, creating sculptures from a young age transformed into a lifelong obsession – her integral link to life and nature, in all its forms, has amounted to an array of metaphysical creations merging beauty and the grotesque. To sum it up, it is about Life. It is always, all about Life. As I researched more about Ellen it became clear that this is the word to which all of her interests, her inspiration, interconnect and give birth to each sculpture. As described on her website, each sculpture is about ‘biological narratives, emotions, movement, balance and observation about life’s subtleties and overtures’. What is even more alluring, however, is the sheer … Continue reading The Mythical Animals of Ellen Jewett: Sculpture Brought to Life