Benjamin C Dearnley Fragments of our time
Bronze Gallery
My bronze works began in the foundry section at Camberwell Collage of Art back in 2003, where i worked the classic 'Gun Metal' bronze with our head of the sculpture department who was himself a bronze casting Master. I am always looking for the beauty of tone and form in the subjects I wish to create and I have found an abundance of these elements in the models and athletes I have been fortunate enough to have worked with. Unlike the carving process, which is almost the complete reverse in practice as I am removing material to find the form within a block of stone, working with bronze allows me to model the subject from a core and thus build it from the inside. These two classical disciplines have given me a deep understanding of how to best utilize these skills in my works and add my own touch in a contemporary way.
I have portrait works in public museums and Arts Centers in both London and the Isle of Mann and many of my other bronze pieces are now in private collections across the world. I have a very limited edition of 9 of 2 of my torso works, Adam and Blue Nude, please get in touch here if you would like to know more about either of these pieces.
Female Torso
Blue Nude, life size, bronze edition of 9
Adam
Number 2 of 9 ltd ed bronze life size male torso. Available
Lionel Tertis 1867 - 1975
Bronze bust with Viola Royla Academy of Music London. Permenant collection Strings Museum
The West Wind
Zephyrus, The West Wind
Sold
Aqua
Bronze cast of Olympic Rowing Champion Debbie Flood
Sold
Champion
Bronze cast of the Olympic swimmer Mark Foster
Sold
Blue Nude
Female torso in bronze with blue pattination
ltd Ed 5 of 9
Head Fragment
Olympic Champion Sprinter Christine Ohuruogu cast
2/2
Adam
Ltd Ed 1 of 9
Sold
AVIVA commission London
AVIVA London. Olympic Champion Sprinter Christine Ohuruogu. Commission for the head office in London 1 Undershaft EC1
LONDON 2012
Concept torso for the London 2012 Olympic Games
LONDON 2012
Inside the torso is the skyline of the City as it was in 2012
This concept torso for the London 2012 Olympic Games formed the start of my Avenue of Champions showcase at Salisbury Cathedral
Louis Smith Gymnast
Olympic gymnastic champion bronze torso of Louis Smith.
Sold to Peterbrough CC on permenant display there.
Ade Adepitan
Paralympic wheelchair Basketball champion.
Created as a main part of the Avenue of Champion serieswith Ade being cast from life for the sculpture.
Available.
Head Fragment
Bronze head fragment based on the swwimmer Mark Foster. Available as a Ltd edition.
Alex O'Connell
Team GB Fencing champion Alex O'Connell as part of the Avenue of Champions series.
