Philip Hearsey makes small bronzes that look like they already have a history. His forms are drawn from the seaside views near Herefordshire, and from the ordinary details of a day, then pulled back until they feel less like sculpture and more like something that might exist in nature.
He came to sculpture late, after thirty years working in interiors, furniture and architecture, and taught himself as he went. Everything is made by sand casting, an ancient and unforgiving method a long way from the lost-wax process most art foundries use. It forces a plainness of form, and it leaves the surface marked by the making itself, all patina and weather and passing time.
Born in 1946 and trained at Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts, Hearsey has shown at the British Art Fair at the Saatchi Gallery, the Discerning Eye at the Mall Galleries, the Affordable Art Fair, and the Cotswold Sculpture Park.
