Portfolio for Bryan Ellery - Commissionaportrait

Selected Commissions		Ben Okri - Novelist Viscount and Viscountess Windsor Benjamin Zephaniah - Poet Richard Ingrams - Journalist A N Wilson - Writer Marchioness of Linlithgo David Tang - Entrepreneur Julie Christie - Acrtess Earl of Gowrie Earl of Sunderland John Mortimer - Writer Dr Neil Blewett - Former Australian Ambassador
Artist's Statement		"Making a portrait of another human being is a great privilege for me, and it needs certain conditions. I always work from life, in a one-to-one situation with peaceful surroundings, so that my subject's natural presence can become clear to me. It is then my job to record my impressions in the clay - a synthesis of feelings and observation."

Statement		The actual modelling, from clay, takes an average of ten hours, and is done from life. Sittings usually last about an hour, and unlike sitting for a painted portrait, the model is comparatively free to move, to watch a video for instance, make phone calls or read. Once the clay work is finished a silicone mould is made, and this is taken to the foundry where the casting process takes place. The cast bronze is then chemically treated to produce the patination chosen by the client, and then set onto a suitable base.
Travel nationally		Yes
Travel internationally		Yes